Alternatively, it's also possible that Apple has received an order under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act.

Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 10:26:25 +0100 From: Alfie John To: cypherpunks@cpunks.org Subject: Re: Fwd: [whispersystems] Warrant Canary - Gag order in place right now? Message-ID: <1413537985.1291115.180081117.257FD1CC@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain

Even Apple, which had the biggest market cap in the world so could afford to take on this fight, bowed down and removed their warrant canary recently.

Sadly, until someone with a set of big brass ones goes all guns blazing to specifically set precedent, everyone is going to sit on the sidelines on this issue.