It does kind of undermine the idea of having a warrant canary if they don't update it on a timeframe though. Now people are going to ask Puttitout if they have received a warrant and he's either going to say they haven't, or he isn't going to be able to say anything at all, leading to speculation.
The warrant canary is one of those things that they said they would automate fucking ages ago and still haven't done it.
I suppose it is, because they paid out of their own pocket to keep it up. Which is quite baffling to me because they made no attempt whatsoever outside of bitcoin donations to monetise the site, even when they had a period of a few months where people were flocking to Voat from Reddit.
A warrant canary is not something you want to automate, that just makes it worthless. If it's automated, it could be updating while Atko and Putt are rotting in a jail cell for all the users know.
That is a good point.
Atko could be rotting in a jail cell right now for all the users know. Hasn't been active regularly for a very long time.
SquarebobSpongebutt 6 points (+6|-0) 1.8 hours ago
I'd like to point out that the warrant canary does not state that it will be updated on any particular timeframe. If it isn't updated as of right this moment that is always indication that they may have received a warrant since the last update. Freak whenever you feel like it.
SO true!