There is some nuclear options https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit#Suspension_and_gag_ord...
> Levison said that he could be arrested for closing the site instead of releasing the information, and it was reported that the federal prosecutor's office had sent Levison's lawyer an email to that effect.
Surely, in a free society, you are free to close down your business for whatever reason you want? Someone might feel like the business is no longer fun to run for X reason, it just happen to have coincided with law enforcement wanting to add wiretaps.
Much like you are free to destroy your belongings in general, but not once their is or there will be a legal order for their surrender (I.e. Destruction of evidence).
Sure, but it’s not something you can do within a day. You need to settle your legal obligations.
The Lavabit founder made the right decision instead of letting law enforcement tap his servers.