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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill Project Annual Report (2025) - Open Source Dead Man Switch (www.buskill.in)
 

Happy 2026! The BusKill project published our Annual Report for the progress we made last year.

BusKill Annual Report

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Executive Summary

In 2025, we're changing from a twice-yearly Warrant Canary to a once-yearly-canary plus a new once-yearly-annual-report.

In 2025, we published two video to help spread awareness, provide a clear demo, and show how to use BusKill.

And in 2025, we were awarded a grant from Futo.

Happy New Year!

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

Gift Ideas for Privacy People in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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BusKill wins $1,031 microgrant from FUTO (www.buskill.in)
 

We're thrilled to announce that BusKill was the recipient of a $1,031 microgrant from FUTO!

Announcing our February Microgrants - Tauri, Earthstar, Katzenpost, and Buskill
Can't see video above? Watch it on PeerTube or on YouTube at youtu.be/Qr0VusrG1jE

We're elated to see BusKill join the ranks next to CryptPad, ExifTool, KeePassXC, Whonix, Wireshark, Tor Project, Calyx, and numerous other awesome projects that have received grants from FUTO.

Iterate with us!

Want to print your own BusKill cable? We'll cover your expenses for filament, magnets, and pogo pins.

We plan to use these funds to document our 3D-Printable BusKill Dead Man Switch. And we need your help!

The BusKill project is looking for a volunteer to write the documentation describing how to print and build your own BusKill cable. The documentation will be written for our Sphinx Documentation Site in reStructuredText and pushed in git.

If you have access to a 3D-Printer, please contact us to receive funds to buy the components needed to document the build of a 3D-Printed BusKill.

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info on PeerTube or youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Support BusKill

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill wins $1,031 microgrant from FUTO (www.buskill.in)
 

We're thrilled to announce that BusKill was the recipient of a $1,031 microgrant from FUTO!

Announcing our February Microgrants - Tauri, Earthstar, Katzenpost, and Buskill
Can't see video above? Watch it on PeerTube or on YouTube at youtu.be/Qr0VusrG1jE

We're elated to see BusKill join the ranks next to CryptPad, ExifTool, KeePassXC, Whonix, Wireshark, Tor Project, Calyx, and numerous other awesome projects that have received grants from FUTO.

Iterate with us!

Want to print your own BusKill cable? We'll cover your expenses for filament, magnets, and pogo pins.

We plan to use these funds to document our 3D-Printable BusKill Dead Man Switch. And we need your help!

The BusKill project is looking for a volunteer to write the documentation describing how to print and build your own BusKill cable. The documentation will be written for our Sphinx Documentation Site in reStructuredText and pushed in git.

If you have access to a 3D-Printer, please contact us to receive funds to buy the components needed to document the build of a 3D-Printed BusKill.

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info on PeerTube or youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Support BusKill

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

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BusKill wins $1,031 microgrant from FUTO (www.buskill.in)
 

We're thrilled to announce that BusKill was the recipient of a $1,031 microgrant from FUTO!

Announcing our February Microgrants - Tauri, Earthstar, Katzenpost, and Buskill
Can't see video above? Watch it on PeerTube or on YouTube at youtu.be/Qr0VusrG1jE

We're elated to see BusKill join the ranks next to CryptPad, ExifTool, KeePassXC, Whonix, Wireshark, Tor Project, Calyx, and numerous other awesome projects that have received grants from FUTO.

Iterate with us!

Want to print your own BusKill cable? We'll cover your expenses for filament, magnets, and pogo pins.

We plan to use these funds to document our 3D-Printable BusKill Dead Man Switch. And we need your help!

The BusKill project is looking for a volunteer to write the documentation describing how to print and build your own BusKill cable. The documentation will be written for our Sphinx Documentation Site in reStructuredText and pushed in git.

If you have access to a 3D-Printer, please contact us to receive funds to buy the components needed to document the build of a 3D-Printed BusKill.

What is BusKill?

BusKill is a laptop kill-cord. It's a USB cable with a magnetic breakaway that you attach to your body and connect to your computer.

What is BusKill? (Explainer Video)
Watch the BusKill Explainer Video for more info on PeerTube or youtube.com/v/qPwyoD_cQR4

If the connection between you to your computer is severed, then your device will lock, shutdown, or shred its encryption keys -- thus keeping your encrypted data safe from thieves that steal your device.

Support BusKill

We're looking forward to continuing to improve the BusKill software and looking for other avenues to distribute our hardware BusKill cable to make it more accessible this year.

If you want to help, please consider purchasing a BusKill cable for yourself or a loved one. It helps us fund further development, and you get your own BusKill cable to keep you or your loved ones safe.

Buy a BusKill Cable
https://buskill.in/buy

You can also buy a BusKill cable with bitcoin, monero, and other altcoins from our BusKill Store's .onion site.

Bitcoin Accepted Here

Monero Accepted Here

Stay safe,
The BusKill Team
https://www.buskill.in/
http://www.buskillvampfih2iucxhit3qp36i2zzql3u6pmkeafvlxs3tlmot5yad.onion/

BusKill wins $1,031 microgrant from FUTO in c/privacy@lemmygrad.ml
[–] buskill 1 points 3 months ago

Good bot. But PeerTube is better ;)

What does libre hardware technically mean ? in c/libre_hardware@lemmy.ml
[–] buskill 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I recommend reading the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) definition:

BusKill Warrant Canary 2025-2026 in c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] buskill 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Please let us know if you have any specific questions about our open-source project.

The documentation may help:

BusKill Warrant Canary 2025-2026 in c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
[–] buskill 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

No. The first line of the canary clearly states "All good"

Status: All good
Release: 2025-06-16
Period: 2025-06-01 to 2026-05-31
Expiry: 2026-06-30

We're following the AutoCanary standard. So a possible Indication of Compromise would be Status: It's complicated, or if we didn't publish a canary before the last canary's Expiry date, or if the canary's signature was invalid.

You can check the signature to confirm its validity. For more info, see:

BusKill Warrant Canary 2025-2026 in c/hardware@programming.dev
Techlore video review of BusKill (Open-Source Dead Man Switch) 🔒 in c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
Techlore video review of BusKill (Open-Source Dead Man Switch) 🔒 in c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
Techlore video review of BusKill (Open-Source Dead Man Switch) 🔒 in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] buskill 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks. Fixed it :)

Techlore video review of BusKill (Open-Source Dead Man Switch) 🔒 in c/privacy@lemmygrad.ml
[–] buskill 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks bot, but PeerTube is better ;)

https://neat.tube/w/sRkFue3cH924j6Q1nuUAZG

BusKill (Dead Man Switch) Warrant Canary for 2025 H1 in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] buskill 2 points 1 year ago

I'll add this to the top next time, thanks.

What is a Warrant Canary?

The BusKill team publishes cryptographically signed warrant canaries on a biannual basis.

Although security is one of our top priorities, we might not be able to inform you of of a breach if served with a State-issued, secret subpoena (gag order).

The purpose of publishing these canary statements is to indicate to our users the integrity of our systems.

For more information about BusKill canaries, see:

BusKill (Dead Man Switch) Warrant Canary for 2025 H1 in c/foss@beehaw.org
[–] buskill 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You might want to include a short explanation for community members who aren’t familiar with warrant canaries

Thank you for the feedback. The second line of this post contains the text:

For more information about BusKill canaries, see:

That link explains everything. Are you suggesting that we copy and paste the contents of that link into the post directly? Or maybe just the first 3 sentences?

It was asking whether some change has taken place; some cause for alarm.

If you want a very, very quick way to glance at the canary and determine this, see the Status on the first line of the signed message. In this case, it says

Status: All good

And I think #3 and #4 below that explain the canary clearly. We took this format from best-practice standards of other warrant canaries to be both human- and machine-readable.

  1. We positively confirm, to the best of our knowledge, that the integrity of our systems are sound: all our infrastructure is in our control, we have not been compromised or suffered a data breach, we have not disclosed any private keys, we have not introduced any backdoors, and we have not been forced to modify our system to allow access or information leakage to a third party in any way.

  2. We plan to publish the next of these canary statements before the Expiry date listed above. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published by that time or if the list of statements changes without plausible explanation.

Is there any other changes that you recommend we make to the signed message to make it clearer that this is a "good" canary?

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