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jacquesm on Dec 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Silent Circle's warrant canary is out of date

But that's not what was said... what was said was: If we do not update this canary file in x days you are to assume that we have received a warrant of sorts that we are not allowed to talk about.

stavros on Dec 25, 2014 [–]

Yes, and if it gets updated again, that assumption was false. It doesn't imply "assume it forever, no matter what else happens".

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