Warrant Canary

• No National Security Letters (NSLs) received.
• No FISA court orders received.
• No gag orders preventing disclosure of government requests.
• No requirements to install backdoors or weaken encryption.
• No requirements to hand over encryption keys.
• No secret court orders affecting these statements.
• No acquisitions or mergers compromising this stance.

Certain legal processes come with gag orders that prohibit disclosure. Governments cannot compel speech that is untrue, so we publish a periodic statement instead. If this page stops updating or specific statements are removed, you should assume circumstances have changed.

This canary updates on or around the 1st of each month. If it is older than 45 days and no official incident notice is posted, treat the canary as failed.

The statement is cryptographically signed. Verify with our public key and fingerprint:

• Public key: https://flashprotest.live/keys/flashprotest-public.asc
• Fingerprint: BC67F028431549BC5A6B89ABB84F95993F6CE6D5
• Current signed canary: https://flashprotest.live/canary/2026-03-01.txt

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Warrant Canary Statement
Date: March 1, 2026

Flash Protest has not received any National Security Letters,
FISA court orders, or gag orders as of the date above.

Flash Protest has not been required to install backdoors,
weaken encryption, or hand over encryption keys.

Flash Protest Foundation
Flash Protest
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Public key: https://flashprotest.live/keys/flashprotest-public.asc
Fingerprint: BC67F028431549BC5A6B89ABB84F95993F6CE6D5
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Download the signed canary from https://flashprotest.live/canary/2026-03-01.txt and verify it using the public key at https://flashprotest.live/keys/flashprotest-public.asc. Confirm the key fingerprint is BC67F028431549BC5A6B89ABB84F95993F6CE6D5.

1. Do not panic—it may be a technical issue.
2. If no new signed canary is published within 45 days, treat the canary as failed.
3. Assume legal or security risk may exist and act accordingly.
4. Remember that E2E encryption protects chat content even if the service is compromised.

• Does not cover requests made directly to Twitch, YouTube, Apple, Google, or other providers.
• Does not cover infrastructure provider requests.
• Does not cover individual employee actions.
• Cannot guarantee against compromise of the signing key.

1. Shut down the service rather than comply silently.
2. Challenge unlawful orders to the maximum extent possible.
3. Alert users through every legal channel available.

We built Flash Protest to protect activists. We will not become a tool of surveillance.

Email contact@flashprotest.live for concerns, or fetch our public key at flashprotest.live.