斯諾登使用的電郵服務中斷

E-mail Service Linked to Snowden Suspends Service

An encrypted e-mail service in the United States, believed to have been used by U.S. leaker Edward Snowden, has shut down in what appears to be response to pressure from the government.

The e-mail company Lavabit posted a message on its website saying the service is being suspended. Owner and operator Ladar Levison wrote in the message that he cannot share the reason because of U.S. laws against it. He said he had twice made "the appropriate requests" to share the information.

The message said the company has begun preparation for a court battle, and warned others against "anyone trusting their private data to a company with physical ties to the United States."

Before its suspension, Lavabit promised its users that all e-mail sent from its servers would be encrypted in such a way that the emails could only be read by providing the user's password.

A second service, known as Silent Circle, has since also suspended operations.美國泄密者斯諾登使用的美國加密電子郵件服務已經關閉。電郵服務商看起來是因爲受到政府方面的壓力中斷服務的。

電子郵件公司拉維畢特Lavabit在其網站上發佈了關閉服務的消息。公司所有者和經營商拉達爾•利維森（Ladar Levison）在這則信息中說，他不能透露關閉原因，否則有違美國法律。他表示，他已經兩度就披露這方面的信息提出了“適當的請求”。

該消息說，公司方面已經開始準備應付法律糾紛，並且警告大家“不要相信他們將私人信息存儲在位於美國的公司會是安全的”。

拉瓦畢特在關閉服務前曾對其用戶承諾，通過其服務器發出的郵件均經過加密，只有提供用戶密碼才能閱讀這些電郵。

另一個名爲“靜音圈”（Silent Circle）的電郵服務也已經停止運行。