> the hardware you get has not been tampered with The warrant canary protects against warrants that come with a gag order preventing anyone from informing the

> the hardware you get has not been tampered with The warrant canary protects against warrants that come with a gag order preventing anyone from informing the public. Being hacked does not fall into that category. If such a hack is discovered there's no legal means to block them from publicly disclosing it. While the hack may be done with a warrant, the company would never get the gag order. What I wonder is how enforceable are these in court. I remember reading that the chances of successfully defending a canary are slim to none but can't find any reference now. The reason was that while the law can't force you to lie it does prevent you from disclosing the existence of the warrant in any way. So you wouldn't be punished for lying but rather for having the mechanism there in the first place. Is there a way to know if a canary was taken down because the company tried to avoid testing this in court or a warrant was actually issued?