The Dark Mail Alliance is an organization dedicated to creating an email protocol and architecture with end-to-end encryption.
[1] In October 2013, Silent Circle and Lavabit announced a project to create a more secure alternative to email and began a fundraising effort.
[2][3] The Dark Mail Alliance team originally consisted of Phil Zimmermann, Jon Callas, Mike Janke, and Ladar Levison.
As of August 2023[update], the only original member of the team still listed on the Dark Mail Alliance website is Levison.
It was presented by Ladar Levison and Stephen Watt at DEF CON on August 8, 2014.