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I don’t think it would be forced directly. I think they’d put the company under a gag with threat of criminal punishment if they do anything to “signal” an inve

I don’t think it would be forced directly. I think they’d put the company under a gag with threat of criminal punishment if they do anything to “signal” an investigation. Then an operator has to ask themself “is it worth risking jail time by updating this page?”

graedus 8y ago
The appeal of the Warrant Canary design is that the operator simply has to take no action (i.e. not update the page) to signal that they've been contacted by law enforcement, in theory making it safer. It's still a risk though.
- ceejayoz 8y ago
  Taking no action can be illegal, as child neglect and negligent homicide demonstrate.
  - testvox 8y ago
    Yeah but here the action would be to make a false publication, which as discussed higher up the courts have been reluctant to force people to do.