A warrant canary is a statement on the site that says the owners haven't been forced to secretly give info on its users. If left unedited for a time it is considered "dead".
Red Flag laws likely being extended to allow pre-emptive ID of anyone using "violent rhetoric" online (this will have the broadest possible umbrella definitions - basically anything not enthusiastically progressive of mind), and they'll just demand full access to user databases to track individuals via their connection history etc (they'll already have all that shit from the NSA anyway, this just gives them direct legal avenues of attack/action with a usable paper-trail).
Of course, any serious rhetoric could easily be supplied by the interested agency itself to trigger the initial raid.
As with all their modern cyber techniques it's all super-untrustworthy and sketchy, lacking any real investigative rigor, which is why they need the supporting laws to allow pinning the broadest possible interpretation of a Red Flag on anyone (or any platform) they just don't like with no real recourse.
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sbt2160p ago
Is this site based in the US? Are we even under American jurisdiction?
Wonder_Boy ago
What's the canary?
Ezekiel_Balderdash ago
A warrant canary is a statement on the site that says the owners haven't been forced to secretly give info on its users. If left unedited for a time it is considered "dead".
Wonder_Boy ago
And where do we find the canary for this site?
FurstMetternich ago
Yes. Officially incorporated in the US.
xenoPsychologist ago
quick! move the servers to international waters!
DontBeRacist ago
Throw them in international waters. I'm sure they'll work great.
xenoPsychologist ago
they gotta float on the water for it to work. maybe seal em water tight, yo.
modsrcuntz ago
zoolander: "oh...the files are IN the computer"
LightestHour ago
What if I have US-based servers that I cool with International water?
xenoPsychologist ago
once it crosses the border, it becomes undocumented and gets privileges over citizens.
imaginarymindscape ago
the governments going to shut voat down or something?
Corpse_washer ago
Why would they shut down Zion? They pay for it.
Gorillion ago
Red Flag laws likely being extended to allow pre-emptive ID of anyone using "violent rhetoric" online (this will have the broadest possible umbrella definitions - basically anything not enthusiastically progressive of mind), and they'll just demand full access to user databases to track individuals via their connection history etc (they'll already have all that shit from the NSA anyway, this just gives them direct legal avenues of attack/action with a usable paper-trail).
Of course, any serious rhetoric could easily be supplied by the interested agency itself to trigger the initial raid.
As with all their modern cyber techniques it's all super-untrustworthy and sketchy, lacking any real investigative rigor, which is why they need the supporting laws to allow pinning the broadest possible interpretation of a Red Flag on anyone (or any platform) they just don't like with no real recourse.
Poot_McGarvey ago
Nah, I think its more likely they asked for IP addresses or something as part of an investigation.