Hey all, There's been a lot of discussion around warrant canaries lately, and I just want to pipe in with my experience. Back in 2012, I talked to my attorney about setting up a warrant canary or a dead man's switch -- which he pointed out would have the same legal repercussions as just releasing the gagged warrant/NSL. Why? Because they are frequently phrased in such a way that if you do or fail to do a thing to somehow make it known, then you've violated the order. You're in just as much trouble if you take out a billboard or tweet a scan of the order or use pantomime or comment out a warrant canary. The only difference is that there *might* be plausible deniability if you tell your partner "something happened at work today and I can't tell you what it is" [1], whereas you have *no* ability to deny anything if you remove a publicized warrant canary from a website. I'm not saying don't do it, but maybe talk to a lawyer first. ~Griffin [1] http://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/what-its-like-to-get-a-national-secur... -- "I believe that usability is a security concern; systems that do not pay close attention to the human interaction factors involved risk failing to provide security by failing to attract users." ~Len Sassaman