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If they let you know then the government knows and CryptoSeal runs the risk of the government compelling them by force of FISA court order to stay in business, turn over all customer data, and don't say anything about it.

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Have any companies ever been compelled to stay in business? How does that even work, especially if the company (not sure if its applicable in this case) is losing money at the time? Does the government subsidize all of the operations at that point? Can they compel people not to quit their jobs in this case too?

"'I could be arrested for this action,' Ladar Levison told NBC News about his decision to shut down his company, Lavabit LLC, in protest over a secret court order he had received from a federal court that is overseeing the investigation into Snowden."

http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/13/20008036-...

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