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0 pointsTheRealPomax2y ago0 comments

Why would someone have to lie? They can just say "We can't comment on that" without providing an answer. And then customers can go "sounds pretty suspicious, time to switch VPN services".

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powersnail2y ago

That’s kinda my point. A canary removes all the middle ground between a yes and no. Which means no comment = yes.

The parent comment implies that in such a case “no comment” is not compliant with the law, as it informs the inquirer.

Hence the only way to comply is to answer “no”, which is a lie.

TheRealPomaxOP2y ago

Except "no comment" is not a yes. It's a "whether we do or don't, you are not part of that process and not privy to that information either way".

powersnail2y ago

The point of the canary, is to turn any non-answer into a practical, or at least a tentative, "yes". If you no longer see an explicit "no", it means "yes".

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0 pointsTheRealPomax2y ago0 comments

Why would someone have to lie? They can just say "We can't comment on that" without providing an answer. And then customers can go "sounds pretty suspicious, time to switch VPN services".

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powersnail2y ago

That’s kinda my point. A canary removes all the middle ground between a yes and no. Which means no comment = yes.

The parent comment implies that in such a case “no comment” is not compliant with the law, as it informs the inquirer.

Hence the only way to comply is to answer “no”, which is a lie.

TheRealPomaxOP2y ago

Except "no comment" is not a yes. It's a "whether we do or don't, you are not part of that process and not privy to that information either way".

powersnail2y ago

The point of the canary, is to turn any non-answer into a practical, or at least a tentative, "yes". If you no longer see an explicit "no", it means "yes".

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