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What if a company is deliberately lying (with a wink and a nod) about being under a warrant when in fact it's not? It's not illegal to lie. Would that force the
by iwwr 13y ago
What if a company is deliberately lying (with a wink and a nod) about being under a warrant when in fact it's not? It's not illegal to lie. Would that force the government to prosecute you for breach of a non-existent warrant? If the government is not prosecuting, then they are admitting that no warrant currently exists, which in itself is a kind of signal. Another try could be for the government to quickly serve you with a warrant, but then you need to retract the statement to avoid prosecution. If the company retracts the statement that is another signal. If the company does not retract the statement and is not prosecuted, it also signals something.
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- Semaphor 13y agoNo need for a wink and a nod I think. People know they wouldn't publish it if they got one, I think that idea is genius. I'd really like to know what lawyers have to say about it.
- matthewmcg 13y agoIt is illegal to lie about your privacy practices. Whether the FTC or private plaintiffs would come after you is a different matter.
- SilasX 13y agoHm, this strategy, of overloading the system with false positives, is cleverer than the standard warrant canary, but it also forces you to understate your privacy protections.
- abecedarius 13y agoNo, there's no robo-prosecution. Prosecutors get to decide who to prosecute, as far as I understand it.