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Vouched, albeit probably too late to get anyone's attention. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer despite having spent entirely too many hours meeting with corporate
by LinuxBender 3y ago
Vouched, albeit probably too late to get anyone's attention.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer despite having spent entirely too many hours meeting with corporate lawyers. I am just adding my own two cents. After debating this concept with lawyers and executives I do not believe in the concept of warrant canaries any more. I had lengthy discussions with senior legal counsel and a couple of C-Levels in a company that holds the data of most of the people here.
Conclusion: At best it is a "feel good" marketing tool. All laws and contracts aside big companies would never in a million years do anything that puts them at odds with their government even if sometimes they have a C-Level that acts like they would with tough language on Xwitter. Governments can make doing business literally hell if they get on the naughty list. Should you find a warrant canary consider it entirely marketing and nothing more regardless of what anyone says. If you are aware of any companies putting the definition of a warrant canary into their mutually agreed to and signed contracts and agreeing to uphold it regardless of their own risk I would be interested in seeing a copy of it with all PII redacted of course.