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Lavaboom Turns to Crowdfunding to Raise Money For Encrypted Email
- TechCrunch, Monday, May 18, 2015 4:16 PM
German-based encrypted email service Lavaboom is hoping to raise $100,000 in crowdfunding via Indiegogo to help build out its beta technology and bring it to market. The service came about after Lavabit, the encrypted email service used by Edward Snowden, was shut down in the U.S. Germany has tighter privacy laws and the idea is that true email encryption will be able to exist within its borders.
