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If the government can compel you to not talk about something, can't they compel you to not modify your warrant canary?
by googlryas 4y ago
If the government can compel you to not talk about something, can't they compel you to not modify your warrant canary?
- woodruffw 4y agoThe argument goes that the government might be able to compel you not to speak, but they cannot compel you to speak against your wishes (and, in particular, to lie). The precedent supports that to some degree, but it's really not clear.
- MacsHeadroom 4y agoWarrant canaries need restated and re-signed regularly, daily in this case. That is what makes them canaries as opposed to something like a transparency report. The government probably can NOT compel you to re-sign and update an expired canary, at least according to the lawyers at the EFF.
- squokko 4y agoIn any case, you could probably tie up the dispute in courtroom process for more than 24 hours.
- AH4oFVbPT4f8 4y agoExactly, they (government) can ask you to continue to update, you decline, they sue to force the issue. Highly unlikely the courts rule so quickly that at least one day goes by without an update. This is the signal something has happened.