Mornings With Mark

We rely on some digital services for critical functions around security and privacy. Trusting those services is paramount to their success and ours. But it can be difficult to trust when you don't know what's going on behind the scenes. Gag orders from the courts can amplify those trust issues. The idea of a warrant canary can help to ease your concerns about government and law enforcement snooping but it's far from a perfect solution. CloudFlare recently added new warrant canaries to their transparency report. Others have also adopted the practice but is it effective? Does this tactic add value to a transparency report or just another seed of doubt? References: CloudFlare's explanation of why and how they use warrant canaries, https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-transparency-update-joining-cloudflares-flock-of-warrant-canaries-2/ Zack Whitaker covering the issue for TechCrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/26/cloudflare-warrant-canary/ Reuters story on Reddit deleting their canary 3 years ago, https://