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  1. Re:Warrant Canary on IT and A National Security Letter Gag Order · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They update the canary on a weekly basis.

  2. Warrant Canary on IT and A National Security Letter Gag Order · · Score: 2, Informative

    Although this isn't a perfect solution, one thing that potential NSL recipients can do is maintain a warrant canary.

    Basically, they commit to updating a cryptographically signed statement that they have not received a secret warrant along with a current news item.

    I'm not sure if warrant canaries have ever been tested, and if one failed (the service provider was forced to update it) you would never know.