[chrislipa]

Why would you need to? The data is encrypted by the password.

[nitrogen]

Particularly weak passwords could be brute forced with a dictionary attack.

[chrislipa]

In that case, the feds already have it ...

[nitrogen]

Yes, but no doubt some of Lavabit's users are more worried about random or targeted hackers, and not so worried about the US government. No need to give everyone the data just because one group already has it.