{"id":6369,"date":"2017-01-25T12:12:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T20:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/01\/25\/news-207\/"},"modified":"2017-01-25T12:12:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T20:12:47","slug":"news-207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/01\/25\/news-207\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavabit developer has a new encrypted, end-to-end email protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The developer behind Lavabit, an email service that noted leaker Edward Snowden used, is releasing source code for an open-source, end-to-end encrypted email standard that\u00a0promises surveillance-proof messaging.<\/p>\n

The code for the Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) standard will become available on Github, along with an associated mail server program, said its developer, Ladar Levison, on Friday.<\/p>\n

DIME will work across different service providers and perhaps crucially will be “flexible enough to allow users to continue using their email without a Ph.D. in cryptology,” said Levison.<\/p>\n

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To coincide with its launch,\u00a0Levison is also reviving Lavabit. The encrypted email service shut down in 2013<\/a> when\u00a0federal agents investigating Snowden demanded access to email messages of his 410,000 customers, including their private encryption keys.<\/p>\n

Levison decided to shut it down rather than help the U.S. government violate his customers\u2019 privacy, he wrote on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose Freedom,\u201d he said. \u201cMuch has changed since my decision, but unfortunately much has not in our post-Snowden world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Levison said he is relaunching the service<\/a>, citing \u201crecent jaw-dropping headlines\u201d over how email remains insecure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we start a new freedom journey and inaugurate the next-generation of email privacy and security,\u201d he wrote on Lavabit\u2019s site.<\/p>\n

The revived Lavabit is also built with DIME, which Levison started<\/a> with a Kickstarter fund in 2014. It is designed to encrypt the email and its transmission, including the metadata such as the message’s subject line, sender and recipient.<\/p>\n

The new Lavabit will operate in three encryption modes<\/a> that range from Trustful, Cautious to Paranoid. Each mode handles message encryption and private key storage differently at the expense of ease of use.<\/p>\n

For instance, Paranoid mode means Lavabit\u2019s servers will never store a user\u2019s private keys.<\/p>\n

Initially, however, Lavabit will only be accessible to existing users of the service and only in Trustful mode. New users must pre-register and wait for the eventual rollout.<\/p>\n

Lavabit is a subscription-based service. On Friday, it was offering a discount deal. For $15 annually, a user can have access to 5GB of email storage. For $30, a user can have access to 20 GB of space.<\/p>\n

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The developer behind Lavabit, an email service that noted leaker Edward Snowden used, is releasing source code for an open-source, end-to-end encrypted email standard that\u00a0promises surveillance-proof messaging.<\/p>\n

The code for the Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) standard will become available on Github, along with an associated mail server program, said its developer, Ladar Levison, on Friday.<\/p>\n

DIME will work across different service providers and perhaps crucially will be “flexible enough to allow users to continue using their email without a Ph.D. in cryptology,” said Levison.<\/p>\n

[To comment on this story, visit Computerworld’s Facebook page<\/a>.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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