The email encryption was not in play here, from what I understand the end user was the only person with the key to the email "inbox" encryption
What is in play here was the SSL Key that is used to encrypt the browser traffic between LB and the user. No differant than the SSL Cert used when you make an online purchase
It technologically impossible/impractical to have a separate SSL cert for each user, that is just not how the HTTPS protocall was designed
This is not Lavabits doing, that is the work of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
What is in play here was the SSL Key that is used to encrypt the browser traffic between LB and the user. No differant than the SSL Cert used when you make an online purchase
It technologically impossible/impractical to have a separate SSL cert for each user, that is just not how the HTTPS protocall was designed
This is not Lavabits doing, that is the work of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)