Meaning of warrant canary | Babel Free
Definitions
A public notice that a service provider has not received a secret government subpoena for their customers' data that they would be prohibited from saying they had received.
US
Examples
“However, it may be possible, via a warrant canary or a similar technique, for a CA to communicate the existence of a secret court order⟳ to the Internet community.”
“Warrant canaries are legal tricks employed by conscientious organisations to get⟳ around the fact that certain demands from the US government cannot be disclosed publicly.”
“A warrant canary is a defense against the gag orders that come⟳ with National Security Letters and other secret subpoenas. With a warrant canary, the site would some sort⟳ of message posted saying, for example, “we have⟳ not received a secret subpoena as of July 24, 2014.””
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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