Questions tagged [warrant-canary]
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What is a Warrant Canary?
While browsing VeraCrypt's website I found its warrant canary. I tried to understand what it is and what its purpose was by reading corresponding Wikipedia article. To be honest I find it quite ...
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Does anyone provide per-user warrant canary
A recent trend is companies publishing warrant canary statements on their website saying something such as:
We have not been compelled to disclose our private encryption key to any 3rd party
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How to prove that a file was not created in advance
Sometimes we need to prove that a file was not created in advance - a good example is warrant canaries. The person releasing them may have been forced to sign the file with a future timestamp. For ...
