Amen.
- WJR 🙈🙉🙊 On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: > It's plumbing. It's never easy. > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:33 PM, William Robbins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Garbage disposal. Should be easy...right? ;) >> >> >> - WJR >> 🙈🙉🙊 >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Which project were you repairing? >>> >>> >>> >>> -sc >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *William Robbins >>> >>> *Sent:* Monday, June 2, 2014 12:00 PM >>> >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Hmmm.... TrueCrypt >>> >>> >>> >>> Agreed. I should probably have been more verbose than my "Maybe?" but I >>> was in the midst of a home repair project. ;) >>> >>> >>> >>> - WJR >>> 🙈🙉🙊 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 5:46 PM, William Robbins <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Maybe? >>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/06/01/1922248/the-sudden-policy-change-in-truecrypt-explained >>> >>> Slashdot is linking to a blog that's quoting Twitter posts that >>> appear to be incoherent speculation. (I think. It's hard to tell with >>> Twitter.) >>> >>> Anyway, as I read it, the speculation is that this is a warrant >>> canary. Except... it can't be. >>> >>> The issue arises because the gov't can serve you with a warrant or >>> other legal instrument that includes a gag order preventing you from >>> even talking about it. >>> >>> A "warrant canary" is some thing you preemptively maintain as a >>> countermeasure to such. You announce you're maintaining this canary. >>> Then, if you get served, you stop maintaining the canary. The classic >>> example is a daily announcement "We haven't received a warrant". The >>> day you don't post that, everyone knows you just got served.[1] >>> >>> Suddenly yanking the project, without explanation or previously >>> established meaning, is not a warrant canary. It might be what >>> happens when you don't *have* a warrant canary, but that's the exact >>> opposite meaning of the term. >>> >>> So... <shrug> >>> >>> -- Ben >>> >>> [1] The theory is, the gov't can prevent you from saying "I've been >>> served with a warrant", but can't force you to speak untruth. Whether >>> that actually works in reality, I have no idea. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
