LavaBit is back and that is nice news but Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME) sounds great.

LavaBit is back. The mail provider we remember because they did not give the keys to the government. Because those keys would have granted the power to intercept all password and not only from Snowden.

It seems the site will be back up and we can even access our old accounts. But what is more interesting in my opinion is the release of the source code for an open-source end-to-end encrypted global email standard that promises surveillance-proof messaging that even hides the metadata. It is named Dark Internet Mail Environment (DIME)

DIME will be the first automated encryption standard to work with different service providers while minimizing the leakage of metadata. This could be a real leap forward.

The source code will be released today (to setup your own server)

More info on https://lavabit.com/explain-lavabit.html