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dredmorbius on Sept 5, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provide...

The canary is dead, and the fact is widely publicised, if not necessarily well known.

rsync on Sept 6, 2021 [–]

Our canary[1] - the very first one[2] - is alive and well.

In fact, it turned 15 years old this past April[3].

[1] https://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/canary.txt

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary#Usage

[3] https://twitter.com/rsyncnet/status/1387090538273206274

dredmorbius on Sept 6, 2021 | | [–]

Who is "our" here? rsync.net?

https://www.rsync.net/resources/regulatory/privacy.html

dredmorbius on Sept 6, 2021 | | [–]

Gotchya.

I was referring to Protonmail's canary specifically, in the event that wasn't clear.

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