Partyvan Warrant Canary Partyvan believes that respect of privacy is of the utmost importance in today's world. Nonetheless, many jurisdictions throughout the world still permit some legitimate or illegitimate authorities to compromise people's privacy in the context of the rules of law. This includes, but is not limited to, the Finnish datan säilyttämismääräys, the USA FREEDOM Act or the British H.R. 1981. Such laws would provide relevant warrant, search or seizure in the context of criminal investigations, while forbidding the disclosure of such events to the entire affected user base. Partyvan states that it would not hesitate to relocate to another jurisdiction if such law is employed in such way that would lead to compromising the privacy of its users. Nonetheless, Partyvan believes a Warrant Canary is a valuable addition, in order to confer always the most useful transparency. Indeed, between the time we are served with a legal request that would compromise our users' privacy and the well being of our ethical policy, and the time we can technically cease operations in a specific jurisdiction and relocate to somewhere else, we might be subject to the terrible consequences explained earlier. This is to tackle this problem that Partyvan will make available, in the first week of every month, a warrant canary in the form of a cryptographically signed message containing the following: - A declaration of honor, provided by Partyvan's founder, WubTheCaptain, who certifies that, to the date of publication, no warrants, searches or seizures have actually taken place; - An excerpt of headlines from The Register, a news source with great reputation, in order to establish the date. As per pointed out by our comrades from rsync.net, special note should be taken if these messages ever cease being updated, or are removed from this page. The below "warrant canary" has been issued on: 2016-03-01 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Today is Tuesday, March 1, 2016. The weather is cloudy at -4 degree(s) Celsius (17:51 UTC) in Oulu, Finland. No warrants, searches or seizures of any kind have ever been performed on Partyvan assets and/or personnel, including in the following locations: ALL Finland locations ALL Sweden locations The below content is an excerpt from http://www.theregister.co.uk/ to certify the date of today. Shippable dives into pipeline to get beyond continuous integration http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/01/shippable_goes_cd/ 1 Mar 2016 at 17:32 Got enough Fibre in your diet? QLogic hustles 32gig HBA hitter http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/01/qlogic_gets_out_a_hustling_32gig_hba/ 1 Mar 2016 at 16:53 Gov opens consultation on how to best to use your data http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/01/gov_opens_consultation_on_how_to_best_use_your_citizen_data/ 1 Mar 2016 at 16:25 Investigatory Powers Bill lands in Parliament amid howls over breadth of spying powers http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/01/investigatory_powers_bill_snoopers_charter_introduced_parliament/ 1 Mar 2016 at 15:52 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJW1de+AAoJEJiZcbKmt69LvLgQAIoONOYQBBEz7hBoOAAgRECT JYgV6KgCuiOWEC27S9Un+Z5yfdVBU04gAQuWuVYFGZ727GuCgQW8eKdW8Crj7L4B BzodqtbWFHmKqlqY6ng+VTCxTHsHM6mndqO59b5uJEFEYFms1mt5dTPy6b6d45of 4JIVA10jVHNb9OEwnZZyp5M8kWmnYZ2f/SU5uQ0k+Y84aADdNgiKKdBNnH+orBXK wp5fC5TxBGEHf+QfH8f2RpHNSS5XpMgFoX3yhZwg7m0FQvick1pIETvnG7gmkBPH u2g5r6fwlDTvp2tNlpbWYMwRMhiOg0s05D7g4BpNFn1/phPrRoL4NkuYFmPvGMof DfEXpei9bJ9WF2QYorndCTj7usEmMeQzucqWxd1TX13awr3p5A2gQpB6IMid+FYJ rM5LcZrAGHGscsJTU2Vr/EP5f/7t9e5HNlfD4QERgea3aFjpgB8SVYalgHQ45gWz DoJSKIIbAFe0SGPhKsE4xADG51OXqz5Gx/qrsg3EOMn2qo+MoWUmtsdTMG14c/mO hMdmrfpgbX+62TfkLWMqixAXcNfSbDY1iPkQXD0pUfLLDI6MVBwkV7wDr70g6Wx7 Ddw/cjh6Cd3znb1AidSp7A8Yn+RHpFKKbV4SJwTkv8p9VlclTx4TuEK3Dl3e2Hfh f4uRRxKYzuCQp4BVVw23 =BgOp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- You may find the public key of the author of this crypto-message there: https://wubthecaptain.eu/wub-partyvan.asc NB: This notice is not 100% bulletproof. It is clearly signed by us, and the idea is that, while we may be forced not to talk about an intervention, we cannot be prevented from actually remaining silent. The contrary would mean that we are forced both not to talk, and, to keep talking. Despite this non-sense, a legal onus exists and lies in whether we could be forced to keep publishing such notice no matter if it is proven false -- in other words, the question is whether we may be forced to state false information for the benefit of the underlying investigation. By deciding to move forward with this notice, Partyvan hereby clarifies its standpoint on whether it is ready to challenge the ambiguities of the law for the sake of its user's privacy. Thanks to rsync.net and proxy.sh for the Warrant Canary text.