So, looking at some historic updates, it didn't change for a long time, and then the entire thing got refreshed and there are several more signatures.
My interpretation is that every signature is an update, and each time they get a request, the file gets updated. --Matt On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Matt Simmons <msimm...@lopsa.org> wrote: > Here's the archive.org history. I'm honestly not certain what to make of > it > > https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://spideroak.com/canary > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (lopser) < > lop...@nedharvey.com> wrote: > >> For anyone who doesn't know, a warrant canary is when a company like >> Dropbox, etc, publishes their Transparency Report, indicating the number of >> times they've been subpoenaed for users' private information, and the >> number of times they've handed it over. If you publish statistics >> periodically saying "Zero national security letters" and then you stop >> saying that one day, people may infer what they will. It is based on the >> (untested) belief that while the government may demand you say nothing >> about a particular request, they cannot compel you to lie about it. >> >> >> >> There are lots of ways for it to break down - most notably - If the >> consequence of admitting you handed over information to the government were >> the destruction of your reputation as a security company and destruction of >> your business... How many business owners could find it in their hearts to >> just tell one eensy weensy little lie? Probably a lot. >> >> >> >> But that's not what I'm here to ask you all about. >> >> >> >> Supposedly, this is SpiderOak's canary: >> >> https://spideroak.com/canary >> >> >> >> Unlike everyone else' canary, which explicitly give you statistics >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/transparency >> >> https://blog.protonmail.ch/transparency-report/ >> >> https://canary.silentcircle.com/ >> >> >> >> Spideroak's canary doesn't seem to say anything. This what I'm asking you >> about: Are you able to read/interpret this differently from me? Am I >> missing something? >> >> >> >> I see "Everything's going smoothly so far" and I see a headline from New >> York Times, to validate the date, and PGP signatures. But "Everything's >> going smoothly so far" is meaningless. This is not a canary - or it's a >> dead canary. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> >
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