ISPs providing "warrant canaries"

[coderman]

On 5/16/06, Jason Arnaute <non_secure at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ... It seems useful in defeating the secrecy of the warrant.

this part i like!

i'm waiting for some judge to rule that these tricks effectively
disclose the reception of an NSL and are thus illegal.  judges don't
like technical hair splitting when the intent is clear: to disclose
what you are forbidden from disclosing.

(of course, Doug Thompson was able to skate by disclosure carefully so
perhaps this isn't much of a concern[1] :)

> This is less of an ISP and more of a "filesystem in
> the sky" ... an offsite filesystem.  I encrypt all of
> the data I send there, so it's not an issue

no keys are stored at the remote location?  or the traffic is
encrypted before the files are stored to disk plaintext?

keeping remote secrets secure is hard (usually requires hardware
tokens with tamper resistance)


1. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/blog/2006/03/telling_the_approved_story.html