S-man
User ID: 75962772
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03/20/2024 02:22 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Wow .. a "Warrant Canary" that actually seems to have worked.... Ethereum Foundation [ link to www.zerohedge.com (secure)] Previously, the Ethereum Foundation's website contained the following disclosure:
"The Ethereum Foundation (Stiftung Ethereum) has never been contacted by any agency anywhere in the world in a way which requires that contact not to be disclosed. Stiftung Ethereum will publicly disclose any sort of inquiry from government agencies that falls outside the scope of regular business operations."
That footer was removed in the Feb 26, GitHub commit along with the website's warrant canary, according to the changelog.
A warrant canary is usually some form of text or visual warning (like a colorful bird, in the case of the Ethereum Foundation), which some companies include on their websites to indicate they've never been served with a secret government subpoena or document request.
If a government agency does request information, the company may remove the text, suggesting they received the request without explicitly saying so.
The Ethereum Foundation's warrant canary was previously removed in 2019 in error and was quickly added back to the website.
Quoting: So, the Ethereum Foundation 'got served' by the SEC, and couldn't say so. But they managed to get the message out. NB: I have no position in ETH. Just interested in the mechanics. Never really trusted it since they rewound their blockchain after a smart-contract bug in a DAO years ago. Makes the case for really decentralised (no 'foundation') cryto, I suppose. |
Cpt Trips
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04/02/2024 03:41 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Wow .. a "Warrant Canary" that actually seems to have worked.... Ethereum Foundation Nice catch. If they communicated in emojis the SEC couldn't prove they were warning people. Personally, I would never comply with the "you can't tell people what's happening to you" portion of the filing. I'd tell the judge to renounce it's British title and publish the filing publicly to all of my customers. Maybe there were death threats along with it? What am I thinking?
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