Groklaw Shutting Down Is a Huge Deal "Groklaw, a Website that has spent the past decade covering legal issues important to the open-source community, has decided to shut down. The reason? Website founder Pamela Jones believes that Groklaw simply can’t continue in an environment of constant online surveillance, as highlighted by The Guardian’s recent revelations of the NSA’s top-secret monitoring programs. Jones was also disturbed by Lavabit’s recent decision to shut down its secure email service, reportedly because of government pressure. Alluding to a secret battle with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Lavabit owner Ladar Levison posted a message on the service’s homepage earlier this month that warned his users about the security of their messages. “This experience has taught me one very important lesson,” his note read in part. “Without congressional action or a strong judicial precedent, I would _strongly_ recommend against anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States.” Levison’s message affected Jones deeply. “The owner of Lavabit tells us he’s stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we’d stop too,” Read her August 20 posting on Groklaw; groklaw.net/article.php?story=20130818120421175
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:09:48 +0000
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