[darklajid]

I like the section from Moxie in that article. Did anyone check if this is lawful to begin with? I mean, if you can't tell that you were asked for private data, can you 'tell' by now saying that you weren't asked for private data?

Just to be safe: Any NSL is crap. Braindead. I'm not trying to support that BS. This is among the worst possible ideas a government can come up with and belongs in the realm of (referring to recent posts) Turkey at the moment.

But IF they exist for some reason, is a canary really working? Isn't this just another 'The government cannot crack my password' argument, missing the lead pipe way..?

[snowpanda]

If you follow the source there's a section stating that according to EFF having a warrant canary should not be a problem:

https://github.com/WhisperSystems/whispersystems.org/issues/...

What EFF wrote says more to me than Moxie saying 'every lawyer I've spoken to'. Which lawyers? In what context? What was said?

[ChristianBundy]

> Which lawyers? In what context? What was said?

Sounds like we need a lawyer canary.

/s

[shalmanese]

This seems like one of those better to ask for forgiveness than permission kind of things. What NSLs thrive on the most is lack of attention. Anything that brings more high profile is something the NSA would prefer to avoid, lest case law gets more clarified around them.