And people would have precisely the same primary reaction (as they should) but then would also get angry at SpiderOak for "poisoning the well" with doubts about

And people would have precisely the same primary reaction (as they should) but then would also get angry at SpiderOak for "poisoning the well" with doubts about the legality of warrant canaries. To be clear, as far as I know there is no legal precedent that says warrant canaries are a legal way of subverting gag orders (then again, the fact there is no such legal case even though Reddit activated their warrant canary could point in the favour that the US government doesn't want to try their luck in court).