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Comment by Anderkent | Hacker News Reader

Okay, that's telling, but the canary on its own seems to be valid still - it's from August 16, 2016, and they say it should be 'updated approximately once per quarter'

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If "quarter" is defined as "3 months", we're officially just on the outside of a quarter since the last update — 3 months and 5 days, to be precise.

Well, after (I'm sure) many inquiries about the canary, their latest update says nothing specific, just:

> we have no plans on pulling the plug https://riseup.net/en/about-us/policy/government-faq …

https://twitter.com/riseupnet/status/800815181190217729

This reads like a vague suggestion that everything is fine, but in context (ie, no clear denial) it's a huge red flag being waved.

If I were a scary government type and took control of riseup.net, that is exactly the thing I would post to twitter if I couldn't compel them to update the canary.

I certainly have no clue. I'm still getting email :)

And they've had indirect FBI attention before: https://riseup.net/en/about-us/press/fbi-seizes-anonymous-re...

> I'm still getting email :)

The failure mode of their warrant canary is not that you stop getting email, but that other people start getting your email too.

Sure. But you see, the prudent assumption is that adversaries always get all your email :)

Your comment is a distraction, not a contribution. People came here to discuss whether a warrant canary had died, not to hear you trot out security 101 cliches.

> I'm still getting email :)

While obviously this is not about preventing you from "getting email", you might not have received everything. You should consider the service compromised.

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