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Daily Dashboard | Obama Meets with Tech Biz; Snowden’s E-mail Provider Shuts Down Related reading: OPC details lessons learned from CRA, ESDC breaches

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On Thursday, President Barack Obama met with CEOs from Apple, AT&T and other U.S.-based technology companies to discuss government surveillance, just days after meeting with privacy advocates, POLITICO reports. On the same day, officials from the FBI, CIA and NSA spoke about cybersecurity, and e-mail service provider Lavabit—which offered high-level encryption services and was reportedly used by whistleblower Edward Snowden—announced it was immediately shutting down its service. Lavabit owner and operator Ladar Levison said it was a “difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away” from his company. He added the experience has taught him that “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 U.S. government.” Snowden said U.S. tech companies "must ask themselves why they aren't fighting for our interests (in) the same way." Additionally, Silent Circle announced it was shutting down its encryption e-mail service, according to The New York Times. (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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