>I'd actually prefer people not do warrant canaries, and instead do conscientious periodic compliance reporting.
The whole point of warrant canaries is that you can literally be compelled to silence under US law when dealing with intelligence organizations. It is impossible to state
"The FBI has requested our data, all our users reporting on police brutality might wanna get off our platform"
It might be legal to state "The FBI has never asked for our data", it might not, this hasn't been tested in court. They're not being hostile towards them, the CIA has literally arranged for multiple individuals to be assassinated, they should freak you out lol
If we emulate the big kids, and only commit to do periodic compliance reporting only of what we can, when we can-- then we don't have to worry so much about stepping on the wrong toes.
I'd guess in-house counsel could handle the day-to-day of this, looping in leadership when appropriate.
That home government might also be a resource (not an adversary), such as if a difficult request comes from another government, and advice or diplomatic assistance is needed.
No $5 wrenches nor soiled drawers necessary. No making assurances that you can't keep.
> It might be legal to state "The FBI has never asked for our data", it might not, this hasn't been tested in court.
My opinion (beware, IANAL): by itself, stating this once, or as many times as one wants, is definitely legal. What's not tested is whether it's legal to give the promise to make such statements in the future with predictable periodicity.
I don’t believe gag orders preclude inclusion in a count like this, since that does not inform about the existence of a particular warrant. But I’d love to hear from someone more knowledgeable.
The whole point of warrant canaries is that you can literally be compelled to silence under US law when dealing with intelligence organizations. It is impossible to state
"The FBI has requested our data, all our users reporting on police brutality might wanna get off our platform"
It might be legal to state "The FBI has never asked for our data", it might not, this hasn't been tested in court. They're not being hostile towards them, the CIA has literally arranged for multiple individuals to be assassinated, they should freak you out lol