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"The idea that you'll take the warrant down because it has "expired" during your "deliberation" of a warrant ..." There is no situation where we take the warra
by rsync 4y ago
"The idea that you'll take the warrant down because it has "expired" during your "deliberation" of a warrant ..."
There is no situation where we take the warrant canary down.
We either keep updating it or we don't.
There is no third option where we remove it. Or put it back later, etc.
It's either up and fresh or it's up and stale.
- tptacek 4y agoYes, I get that you update the canary; we can substitute "kill the canary" with "refusing to feed the canary", same deal, right?
- rsync 4y agoNo, I think there's a difference. Again, I liken this to a poison pill which suggests the die has already been cast - the decision was made not now, in response to a warrant but in 2006. If we do something - like remove the canary - that model starts to fall apart. Doing something is interesting and provocative and actionable, etc. But if we do nothing it fits the poison pill model very well.