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Company moving from AU to HK. AU company had to remove canary, but new HK company will have a canary. Reading between the lines...
by lysp 8y ago
Company moving from AU to HK.
AU company had to remove canary, but new HK company will have a canary.
Reading between the lines...
- 345gxsagdf 8y agoThey would have had to remove it anyway, VPNSecure was breaking the 2015 law by publishing a canary in the first place: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/03/australia_outla.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/03/australia_out... Section 182A of the new law says that a person commits an offense if he or she discloses or uses information about "the existence or non-existence of such a [journalist information] warrant." The penalty upon conviction is two years imprisonment. 'straya. If ya got keys, we want em, and stfu
- cyphar 8y agoWarrant canaries (statements about the existence or nonexistence of a notice) for TARs, TANs, and TCNs are all illegal and are punishable with 5 years imprisonment.
- xfitm3 8y agoUnder AU or HK law?
- cyphar 8y agoAustralian law, though it's not one law -- each new kind of secret warrant-like capability has wording to the effect of "disclosure of the existence or nonexistence of a [secret warrant] is an offense punishable by $x years imprisonment." In this case I was referring to the Assistance and Access Act 2018 (the new anti-encryption law) which has such wording for notices under the new legislation.