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Not Accurate to Say Warrant Canary? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-30 16:46 (#1Z9)

I think perhaps people are misapplying that term in this case (not Pipedot specifically, everywhere).

Isn't it supposed to be something noticeable by its absence, BEFORE a secret warrant turns up? At best what we have here is a warning or sad cry for help, after the fact. There should be a different catchy term for this. Maybe "dead canary".

Re: Not Accurate to Say Warrant Canary? (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-05-30 17:08 (#1ZA)

Isn't it supposed to be something noticeable by its absence, BEFORE a secret warrant turns up?
Not necessarily. I would define it as any sort of signal that a warrant was involved. Since they didn't have any scheme predefined, so they may be doing the best they can. It is still entirely speculation, though.

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Time Reason Points Voter
2014-05-30 17:30 Insightful +1 bryan@pipedot.org
2014-06-10 03:01 Normal 0 reziac@pipedot.org
2014-06-03 08:35 Normal 0 tdk@pipedot.org

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