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		aliakbarkhan on May 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I was forced to shut down Lavabit Why trust it to a service? Encrypt it yourself.

cortesoft on May 20, 2014 [–]

You will need your recipients to also decrypt it themselves, then. And handle your own key-exchanging. Not trivial, if you want to be able to email lots of people.

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