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That doesn’t seem functionally different than removing the canary.


Removing the canary requires action. Not resigning a canary requires inaction.


I strongly doubt a judge will care to distinguish the two.


Doubt all you want. Can you point to case law?


that would be compelled speech


Why did you do this thing 2 weeks ago?

vs

Why didn’t you do this thing 2 weeks ago that you were under no legal obligation to do?

Seems like a significant and valid distinction even if what they communicate to the intended audience is largely the same.

“Largely the same” because in the second case it would be possible that forgetting, or some other obstacle to resigning occurred.


Not a lawyer, but I think the government has more ability to prevent you from doing something than forcing you to act. They can tell you to not remove the canary, and not tell anyone your logs are being monitored, but it is trickier for them to say you must re-sign this certificate.


That sounds like much more of a nuanced law question than a "are these the same". While they might be able to stop you telling the world, they might not be able to force you to perform actions that cause you to lie to the public


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