Re:Reddit removed NSL canary from 2015 Transparency Report
by pdkl95 on Friday April 01, 2016 @01:13AM
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> I think you missed the point.
I'm pretty sure I didn't.
> "So a canary died on a service I use, now what?"
Yes, that's what I was addressing.
> Should I [stereotypically run like a fugitive]
Probably not, but I don't much about your specific situation.
> I don't know what to do
THAT was my point; you don't know know, because you cannot predict the future. The social or political situation might change in a way that makes NSL searches much more threatening. You might be in a situation where knowing that your activities have been discovered by an a NSL does suggest some type of action.
It's easy to consider the set of possible futures that you can enumerate. That set is rarely complete.
> If you're the target of an NSL, then you need to worry.
And that's the "nothing to hide" argument.
> Yeah, but the set of those that don't publish canaries doesn't indicate the opposite.
Obviously. The canary is still useful information.
I'm pretty sure I didn't.
> "So a canary died on a service I use, now what?"
Yes, that's what I was addressing.
> Should I [stereotypically run like a fugitive]
Probably not, but I don't much about your specific situation.
> I don't know what to do
THAT was my point; you don't know know, because you cannot predict the future. The social or political situation might change in a way that makes NSL searches much more threatening. You might be in a situation where knowing that your activities have been discovered by an a NSL does suggest some type of action.
It's easy to consider the set of possible futures that you can enumerate. That set is rarely complete.
> If you're the target of an NSL, then you need to worry.
And that's the "nothing to hide" argument.
> Yeah, but the set of those that don't publish canaries doesn't indicate the opposite.
Obviously. The canary is still useful information.