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persmule
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-Issued for September 2019.+Issued for June 2020.
  
 Don't just trust the contents of this file blindly! Verify the Don't just trust the contents of this file blindly! Verify the
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
-* biergaizi: 0xFAD3EB05E88E8D6D +* biergaizi: 0x255211B2395A5A3E0E48A0F1FAD3EB05E88E8D6D 
-* persmule : 0x2987A25DAC8454A5 +* persmule : 0xEDFFE248ECFACDE3C805906804A40D21DBB89B60 
-wnereiz  0xFDFF2E13AA25BE72+vimacs   0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403
  
 THREE DOCUMENTS IN TOTAL. THREE DOCUMENTS IN TOTAL.
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 8. Our personal safety and security is not threatened. 8. Our personal safety and security is not threatened.
  
-9. To avoid security breaches and emphasize the clarity of the warrent canary+9. To avoid security breaches and emphasize the clarity of the warrant canary
 documents, if a signer is temporarily unavailable, only existing signers in the documents, if a signer is temporarily unavailable, only existing signers in the
 "Signer" list SHALL sign a special placeholder notice (this notice itself SHOULD "Signer" list SHALL sign a special placeholder notice (this notice itself SHOULD
 NOT be considered a valid canary document) until the signer becomes available NOT be considered a valid canary document) until the signer becomes available
-again and signs the missed documents. A new signer SHOULD NOT sign a warrent+again and signs the missed documents. A new signer SHOULD NOT sign a warrant
 canary document only due to the temporary unavailability of a existing signer. canary document only due to the temporary unavailability of a existing signer.
  
 10. We plan to publish the next of these canary statements in the first three 10. We plan to publish the next of these canary statements in the first three
-weeks of October 2019. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published+weeks of July 2020. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published
 by that time or if the list of statements changes without plausible explanation. by that time or if the list of statements changes without plausible explanation.
  
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-None.+1. Due to personal reasons, wnereiz (0xFDFF2E13AA25BE72) voluntarily decided 
 +to quit from the warrant canary team and he is no longer a signer of the 
 +warrant canary documents since April 15th, 2020. All statements from the 
 +warrant canary documents before this date are still valid. This is an official 
 +decision that can be verified by checking the warrant canary document in April, 
 +signed by wneriez. 
 + 
 +2. In the previously mentioned document designed by wneriez in April 2020, 
 +the date in its statements was mistakenly written as "April 15th, 2019", 
 +which was a typo, but cannot be changed due to the nature of digital signature. 
 +We declare that it's hereby corrected to "April 15th, 2020"
 + 
 +3. A new member, vimacs (0xEA2DB82FE04A9403) has became a new signer since this 
 +month. You can validate the new keys by cross-checking the other two copies of 
 +this document, signed by biergaizi and persmule. 
 + 
 +4. Due to the ongoing security issues of OpenPGP keyservers, it makes signature 
 +verification an issue and somewhat a challenge. For completeness, complete 
 +procedures for canary verification has been added. 
 + 
 +Canary Verification Procedures 
 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
 + 
 +1. To verify biergaizi's signature... 
 + 
 +    a. Obtain the public key from any traditional OpenPGP Keyserver, such as 
 +    https://keyserver.ubuntu.com, and import the public key. The fingerprint 
 +    is 0x255211B2395A5A3E0E48A0F1FAD3EB05E88E8D6D. 
 + 
 +    b. Use the latest GnuPG in any operating system. 
 + 
 +2. To verify persmule's signature... 
 + 
 +    a. Unfortunately, it's not possible yet. Recent attacks on OpenPGP key- 
 +    servers have raised great security concerns within the community, as a 
 +    countermeasure, persmule's new public key has been published to the 
 +    https://keys.openpgp.org/ keyserver, but without a User-ID. Currently, 
 +    it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without User-ID for a 
 +    3rd-party to verify the canary document signed by persmule. 
 + 
 +    b. We are looking for a solution. But for now, you should check the 
 +    canary documents signed by biergaizi and vimacs to decide the validity 
 +    of the canary documents. This effectively reduced the number of signers 
 +    to two people. It reduces the level of confidence, but currently there is 
 +    no alternative option yet. 
 + 
 +    c. Once the technical problem of using a public key without User-ID is 
 +    resolved, you can check the previous signatures retroactively, and this 
 +    would effectively restore the level of confidence. You can archive the 
 +    documents to your own machine as soon as it's published to ensure no data 
 +    tampering has occurred. 
 + 
 +3. To verify vimacs' signature... 
 + 
 +    a. Due to the recent attacks on OpenPGP keyservers, vimacs has published 
 +    the OpenPGP public key to https://keys.openpgp.org, again, without a User- 
 +    ID. But it's possible for a 3rd-party to verify the signatures by following 
 +    these steps. 
 + 
 +    b. Use Debian GNU/Linux operating system and install GnuPG. Other operating 
 +    systems may lack the necessary out-of-tree GnuPG patches required, Debian 
 +    must be used. 
 + 
 +    c. Fetch vimacs' old public key from a traditional OpenPGP Keyserver, such 
 +    as https://keyserver.ubuntu.com, and import the public key. The fingerprint 
 +    is 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403. You should see an expired 
 +    public key. 
 + 
 +    d. Fetch vimacs' new public key from https://keys.openpgp.org, using the same 
 +    fingerprint, and import the public key. You should see that the public 
 +    key has been updated. 
 + 
 +    e. Please note that the key is still shown as "expired" because the new key 
 +    has no UID associated. But you should be able to see a new, valid (not 
 +    expired) subkey by... 
 + 
 +        $ gpg --list-options show-unusable-subkeys --list-keys 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403 
 + 
 +    f. Now, it's possible to verify the signature by following the standard 
 +    procedures. Ignore the "key expired" warning (because the latest UID is 
 +    not published, only the expired UIDs are available).
  
 Proof of Freshness Proof of Freshness
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 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rss.xml $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rss.xml
- Almost 100,000 children are leaving school without five good GCSEs, Children's commissioner reveals + Dame Vera Lynn dies aged 103 
- BBC and father who challenged Prime Minister step in to defend Laura Kuenssberg + Latest travel news: Quarantine 'to be eased' by end of June 
- Girls school runs stand up comedy classes for pupils so they have courage to ask for pay rises in the future + The R rate: Is it reliable and how does it compare across UK regions? 
- Child sex abuse victims "re-traumatised by frustrating, hostile and futile' battle for compensation, inquiry finds + The NHS Test and Trace system, explained 
- Premier League footballer fled hotel window in his underpants after being filmed on bed with woman who wasn't his partner, blackmail trial hears+ Do I need to self-quarantine for 14 days after travel - and what are the rules?
  
 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml
- Attack on Saudi Arabia Tests U.S. Guarantee to Defend Gulf + As Kim Jong-un Turns Hostile to South KoreaHis Sister Does the Talking 
- BrownfaceBlackface and About-Face. Is Trudeau Who He Says He Is? + Coronavirus Fears in China Find New Target: Salmon 
- Syrian Children Saved German Village. And a Village Saved Itself. + On China-India BorderXi and Modi Have Little Room to Give 
- Netanyahu and Gantz Agree on Unitybut Not on What It Means + Englands World Beating System to Track Coronavirus Is Anything But 
- New Video Surfaces Showing Trudeau in Blackface, Compounding Scandal+ Beijings Partial Lockdown a Sign of the Worlds New Normal
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Fri20 Sep 2019 01:47:02 +0000+Thu18 Jun 2020 09:01:22 +0000
  
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