FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws

Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by ddebernardy on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:22AM (#19244788)

> The problem is that if the law says that we __could__ be forced to add something and not allowed to tell our customers, then there's no way for somebody to tell if we're telling the truth.

Why not report the opposite on a regular basis?

"We're happy to report that we haven't been forced by authorities to implement a backdoor in our systems."

That way, when you stop writing that every week or month or what have you, everyone paying attention will know you've been forced to add a backdoor and might be gagged.

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by kdtsh on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:49AM (#19244927)

Warrant canaries are unfortunately illegal in Australia in this context [1].

[1] https://boingboing.net/2015/03/26/australia-outlaws-warrant-...

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by cyphar on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:53AM (#19245238)

They are illegal, but you're posting the wrong link (that's about journalist warrants). The legislation in question explicitly states that you cannot comment on the existence or nonexistence of a TCN, TAN, or TAR.

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by hugh-avherald on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:44AM (#19244900)

If you regularly report "We don't do X" and then cease reporting, it's equivalent to saying "We're now doing X".

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