Episode 566 • • 2:10:23 - 2:13:42
566: Bots & Girls!
Lavabit Security Flaws and the Dark Mail Initiative
The closure of the Lavabit email service is re-examined, with claims that the service was fundamentally insecure because it relied on a single master key for all accounts. The founder's subsequent "Dark Mail" initiative is viewed as a distraction from the fact that the original system could be easily compromised by the government.