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A comment on CloudFlares last Warrant Canary was published over a year ago. Parent comment

Re:CloudFlares last Warrant Canary was published over a year... by evandale on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:05PM (#36937785)
Why do we have to be pedantic and can't just say when the FBI or CIA come after us?
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Re:CloudFlares last Warrant Canary was published over a year... by 13of40 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:13PM (#36937824)
The essence of a canary is you can't say they did, but you can stop saying they didn't.
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Re:CloudFlares last Warrant Canary was published over a year... by ethbr0 on Sunday July 30, 2023 @09:08PM (#36937806)
Gag orders.
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Re:CloudFlares last Warrant Canary was published over a year... by a_subsystem on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:57PM (#36938339)
Because these agencies are horrifically corrupt beyond any usefulness. These agencies could go after any number of human and drug traffickers and make these problems nearly vanish almost overnight because they collect practically all of our communications. But they don't do that. They are used as targeted political cudgels when its handy and when there is much money to be made.
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Re:CloudFlares last Warrant Canary was published over a year... by dredmorbius on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:58PM (#36938348)
In the U.S., national security letters (NSL) typically include a nondisclosure requirement:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter>

A warrant canary asserts that no such obligation has been incurred.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary>

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