On: Lavabit founder turned over the private SSL keys a...

[mbq]

So he did surrender the keys -- this makes his business shutdown move substantially less heroic that everyone thought.

[faceplanter → mbq]

It was ordered by a judge. What do you suggest he would do otherwise?

[mbq → faceplanter]

I'm only pointing out that this _may_ mean that the archives were compromised regardless of the fact he heroically shut down the whole thing.

[markeganfuller → faceplanter]

Delete them before he was ordered to hand them over?

[eterm → markeganfuller]

He deleted his entire business before handing them over. That's even more drastic, don't you think?

[wakaflaka → markeganfuller]

Yeah like any of the internet tough guys of Hacker News would violate a court order.