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HCIdivision17
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RFC7169 – No Secrecy Afforded X.509 extension sile...
The simplicity of the signal is refreshing: TRUE if the key is shared, FALSE if the key is shared but the signer doesn't want to explicitly say so. Elegant.
ealexhudson
on April 8, 2014
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Simple, elegant, legally unworkable/wrong.
Lockal
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FYI, this sentence refers to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary
which provides a legal way to bypass criminal penalties for disclosing information.
duaneb
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Actually, the legality is unproven. There's still information being passed from the person served with the warrant and the person being spied on.
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The legality is unproven but Apple's General Counsel's office has embraced it. It is an increasingly mainstream idea. It should be standardized.
duaneb
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Would you really give advice to hold the court in contempt?
mpyne
on April 8, 2014
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It may be legal, but the "contempt of court" ruling that will inevitably and immediately follow is also legal.
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