[r00tbeer]

Sending the SSL keys to the FBI as a multi-page printout in 4-point font when the government doesn't specify what format it wants is pretty funny. (Page 127 - 137.)

[MWil]

Also said "I'm not showing up to court unless you pay me to" - pg. 41

Grand jury subpoena guarantees he would be paid for travel but that subpoena was later withdrawn

[hdevalence]

Well, except that as I recall, Lavabit didn't use SSL with PFS, so giving the FBI their SSL keys means that all previously-captured ciphertext is decodable.

[crystaln]

Certainly the FBI could have used some simple OCR to import the key...

[grrowl]

Some of the text was so small the FBI said it was illegible (in their view). Even a single digit wrong would render the entire key useless (B != 8)

[nly]

Why do that when you can just throw it at some poor junior employee to transcribe?