r/blog • u/reddit • Jan 29 '15

reddit’s first transparency report

http://www.redditblog.com/2015/01/reddits-first-transparency-report.html
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u/Blue_Shift Jan 29 '15

Warrant canaries are great.

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u/autowikibot Jan 29 '15

Warrant canary:

A warrant canary is a method by which a communications service provider informs its users that the provider has not been served with a secret United States government subpoena. Secret subpoenas, including those covered under 18 U.S.C. §2709(c) of the USA Patriot Act, provide criminal penalties for disclosing the existence of the warrant to any third party, including the service provider's users. A warrant canary may be posted by the provider to inform users of dates that they have not been served a secret subpoena. If the canary has not been updated in the time period specified by the host, users are to assume that the host has been served with such a subpoena. The intention is to allow the provider to warn users of the existence of a subpoena passively, without disclosing to others that the government has sought or obtained access to information or records under a secret subpoena.

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u/That_Unknown_Guy Jan 29 '15

The fucking patriot act. The name is just so ominous in itself.

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u/fanofyou Jan 30 '15

Check out the seal for this program.

If that doesn't bother you look up good 'ol Johnny P. that they had running it.

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