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Can the government force a private business entity to lie to their customer? If not, then why can't Microsoft just setup some sort of service/status report that
by mikx007 10y ago
Can the government force a private business entity to lie to their customer? If not, then why can't Microsoft just setup some sort of service/status report that basically outputs "no" if and only if the government did not access data and "unknown" otherwise.
- joncrocks 10y agoThis sounds very similar to a warrant canary - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary
- studentrob 10y agoThat sounds like a great technical solution. I still think MS should pursue their case but I wonder why they have not set up the system you're describing, given that another commenter's link suggests it is legal [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary