In 2013, Apple published a “warrant canary” stating that they have never received an order under the USA Patriot Act. If the statement is ever omitted from a subsequent report, everyone will know that the organization has been handed such a warrant.[1]
Bitcoin businesses should publish statements explicitly saying they have never received a gag order. Any businesses that remove the statement in a subsequent report can be assumed to have received a gag order. They could also include a canary statement that they have never had funds seized.
Mt. Gox has already had funds seized, so they cannot publish a “funds seized canary.”[2] There are also indications that Mt. Gox has already received a gag order, so it might be too late for them to publish a warrant canary.[3] However, all new Bitcoin exchanges and other businesses should publish warrant canaries.
If a company continues to publish the warrant canary while under a gag order, they would be lying and intentionally deceiving their users. As discussed in the articles about Apple’s warrant canary, the hope is that the government cannot force a company to lie.
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