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I like their warrant canary for the simple reason that it says "we have received 0 requests from any government agencies to provide any information about any of

by MWil 13y ago

I like their warrant canary for the simple reason that it says "we have received 0 requests from any government agencies to provide any information about any of the following: our users, transfers, code, security architecture, or security credentials." Although, making a list explicit like that is a creative lawyer challenge to look forward to - I'm not going to ask for something on that list, but I'll ask about something else...

tashmahalic 13y ago
Open to suggestions on how to improve the language (http://wireover.com/contact http://wireover.com/contact)
- MWil 13y ago
  I would advise getting up with someone from rsync, they have had as far as I can tell the longest running warrant canary on their site I was actually doing some personal research work on the legality of warrant canaries but I've both started a new dayjob and the President announced some changes to NSLs involving gag orders so Ive put that on hiatus for the moment
trobertson 13y ago
I'm not sure how useful that canary is going to be, though. Secure transfer of large files is a powerful tool for many people, including unsavory types like child porn distributors. I expect and encourage the government to investigate things like that, and those lawful, ethical investigations are going to bump the counter, making a lot of people think "The NSA is all up in our filez!".
- MWil 13y ago
  I think that's why it's important to pay attention to the President's reforms - as in, see which ones can make actual improvements even if they all can't. Changing the gag order process has the ability to do this b/c you can have, for example, a counter for child porn, a counter for domestic terrorism, a counter for foreign terrorism. Not by providing the service with any confidential files that are part of the case but by making sure some public advocate who does know the type of case can see to it that it's been coded into the gag order appropriately. I'm just spitballing off the top of my head but what argument would they have to not allow a service provider to show that child pornographers should not expect to be safe here - it's win win.

by MWil 13y ago

tashmahalic 13y ago

Open to suggestions on how to improve the language (http://wireover.com/contact http://wireover.com/contact)

MWil 13y ago
I would advise getting up with someone from rsync, they have had as far as I can tell the longest running warrant canary on their site I was actually doing some personal research work on the legality of warrant canaries but I've both started a new dayjob and the President announced some changes to NSLs involving gag orders so Ive put that on hiatus for the moment

trobertson 13y ago

I'm not sure how useful that canary is going to be, though. Secure transfer of large files is a powerful tool for many people, including unsavory types like child porn distributors. I expect and encourage the government to investigate things like that, and those lawful, ethical investigations are going to bump the counter, making a lot of people think "The NSA is all up in our filez!".

MWil 13y ago
I think that's why it's important to pay attention to the President's reforms - as in, see which ones can make actual improvements even if they all can't. Changing the gag order process has the ability to do this b/c you can have, for example, a counter for child porn, a counter for domestic terrorism, a counter for foreign terrorism. Not by providing the service with any confidential files that are part of the case but by making sure some public advocate who does know the type of case can see to it that it's been coded into the gag order appropriately. I'm just spitballing off the top of my head but what argument would they have to not allow a service provider to show that child pornographers should not expect to be safe here - it's win win.