I recall hearing of exactly that occurring, yes. The secret police can not only force you not to speak, but to publicly declare everything is fine. On 30 May 2014 14:44:32 GMT+01:00, Lance Cottrell wrote: On May 30, 2014, at 4:56 AM, dan@geer.org wrote: | | Could this non-notice be a Lavabit/Silent Circle type announcement/warning? | We need, somehow, a safe word for such projects. Presumably one that is triggered by a failed keep-alive. This has been discussed before variously, but it may be an idea whose time has come. Design will require choices between false alarms and silent failure. --dan A deadman switch for NSL alerts would make for an interesting case. Would a judge rule that you had “spoken” about the NSL by failing to send the keep-alive messages, thus compelling you to continuously speak the lie that you have not received one? -- Lance Cottrell loki@obscura.com -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.