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I was not aware he gave up the cert in the end. Thought he just closed website without disclosing TLS cert. Now it looks way worse than I imagined.

Anyway, I really hope that it leads to adoption of backward-compatible and secure email protocols. Server encryption can't be trusted anymore anyway, we need end-to-end encryption.

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The business with the cert was just the final outcome. The initial mistake was making and selling snake oil. It is possible for someone to innocently do this, out of inexperience and ignorance.

Over time, though, it's become increasingly clear Ladar Levison is just a snakeoil salesman who misled his users. He's never acknowledged he did anything wrong. Don't fall for his posturing about 'Freedom'.

Here is an article about that:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131002/17443624734/lavab...

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