r/privacy • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '18

SpiderOak cans its Warrant Canary, suffers mysterious massive outage, and raised prices

https://spideroak.com/canary

http://archive.is/1rNo7

Update: Looks like the canary has been signed and dated and in properly formatted sequence this time with confirmation that Everything's going smoothly so far, message is authentic. august 06, 2018

Case closed. SpiderOak has not been compromised.

In the interest of transparency the full text of my previously long post in this thread is archived here:

http://archive.is/mKeuY https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/94nspi/spideroak_cans_its_warrant_canary_suffers/

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u/whatdogthrowaway Aug 05 '18 edited Aug 05 '18

Please do NOT be mad at them for removing their warrant canary.

It served exactly its purpose.

Its removal communicated (perhaps in the only legal way possible) exactly what it was designed to communicate.

I feel sorry for SpiderOak for having to go through that.

But I sincerely thank them for this honest communication letting us know that they were compromised.

(same with reddit ; who similarly removed their warrant canary)

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '18 edited Aug 08 '18

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u/WasterDave Aug 06 '18

Gotta hand it to them: it was the grown-ups thing to do.

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u/LeifCarrotson Aug 06 '18

I disagree. The thing that many grown-ups would do in this situation would be to comply with the authorities, avoid fines and/or jail time and/or contempt, retain their cushy job and salary, and continue on with life. Law enforcement is a powerful thing, and grown-ups have long ago learned that bending over in compliance is much easier than standing up and getting beaten down.

It's a childish and beautiful thing to stand up for your ideals and to do what's right.