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-Issued for February 2022.+Issued for March 2024.
  
 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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 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 March 2022. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published+weeks of April 2024. 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. We've found a workaround for importing keys on https://keys.openpgp.org 
 +without User-ID. The instructions for verifying persmule's signatures have 
 +been added.
  
 Canary Verification Procedures Canary Verification Procedures
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 2. To verify persmule's signature... 2. To verify persmule's signature...
  
-    a. Unfortunately, it's not possible yet. Recent attacks on OpenPGP key- +    a. Due to the previous attacks on OpenPGP keyservers, persmule has published 
-    servers have raised great security concerns within the community, as a +    the OpenPGP public key to https://keys.openpgp.org without a User-ID. Using 
-    countermeasure, persmule's new public key has been published to the +    the standard method, it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without 
-    https://keys.openpgp.org/ keyserver, but without a User-ID. Currently, +    User-ID. But since April 2013, we have developed a workaround, described 
-    it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without User-ID for a +    below.
-    3rd-party to verify the canary document signed by persmule.+
  
-    b. We are looking for a solution. But for now, you should check the +    b. Obtain the dummy public key from any traditional OpenPGP Keyserver, 
-    canary documents signed by biergaizi and vimacs to decide the validity +    such as https://keyserver.ubuntu.com, and import the public key. The 
-    of the canary documents. This effectively reduced the number of signers +    fingerprint is 0xEDFFE248ECFACDE3C805906804A40D21DBB89B60. Note that, to 
-    to two people. It reduces the level of confidence, but currently there is +    import this key, one must copy and paste the key in ASCII from the Keyserver 
-    no alternative option yet.+    website to a file or console and use the command "gpg --import". Due to a 
 +    technical problem, Using "gpg --recv-key" or "gpg --search-keys" does not 
 +    work.
  
-    c. Once the technical problem of using a public key without User-ID is +    c. This is a special dummy public key with its User-IDs and subkeys stripped 
-    resolved, you can check the previous signatures retroactively, and this +    that we specifically created, leaving only a "stub" User-ID (with an invalid 
-    would effectively restore the level of confidence. You can archive the +    E-mail address, "glahamm <yiam5Od@gliwrad.invalid>"). Its sole purpose is 
-    documents to your own machine as soon as it's published to ensure no data +    allowing the subsequent import of additional subkeys. 
-    tampering has occurred.+ 
 +    d. Next, with the stub key already imported, obtain the public key from 
 +    https://keys.openpgp.org using the same fingerprint, and import this key. 
 +    Because the dummy key with its stub User-ID is already in presence, it's 
 +    now possible to import the https://keys.openpgp.org public key directly. 
 + 
 +    e. Use the latest GnuPG in most operating system, the signatures made by 
 +    persmule's key can now be verified as usual. Debian is known to work, most 
 +    other systems should work just fine, but not Fedora. The subkeys contains 
 +    signatures made with Brainpool curves, which are disabled on Fedora due to 
 +    potential patent-licensing problems, causing a "Unknown elliptic curve" 
 +    error.
  
 3. To verify vimacs' signature... 3. To verify vimacs' signature...
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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
- Were taking action to keep Britain safe from Russias malicious activities + Tuesday evening news briefing: Biden vows to move heaven and earth to rebuild Baltimore bridge 
- As Ukraine tensions rise, UK organisations should protect themselves from cyber threats + Monday evening news briefing: UK unveils sanctions after MPs targeted by China 
- No10 'culture clash' over DIY abortion pills + Thursday evening news briefing: Waspi scandal compensation branded a betrayal 
- Diabetic patient found dead on hospital roof after medics ejected him while he was in shock + Wednesday evening news briefing: Leo Varadkar resigns as Irish prime minister 
- Pictured: Remarkable image shows the 'vast' interior of an ordinary cello+ Tuesday evening news briefing: HMRC to close phone lines for six months every year
  
 $ 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
- In Ukraine Crisis, the Looming Threat of a New Cold War + Middle East Crisis: Hezbollah and Israel Trade Fire Across Lebanon Border 
- Highgate Cemetery: A City of the Dead That Inspires the Living + Kremlin Treads Carefully After Moscow Attack Over Fears of Ethnic Strife 
- Putins Baseless Claims of Genocide Hint at More Than War + Thailand Lawmakers Pass Bill to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage 
- Ex-Modeling Agent and Epstein Associate Found Dead in a Paris Jail + Happy-Go-Lucky Australia Is Feeling Neither Happy, Nor Lucky 
- Lukashenko Once Kept Russia at a Distance. Now He Is a Docile Putin Satrap.+ Inside the Garrick, the Men-Only London Club Rocked by Criticism
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Sun, 20 Feb 2022 03:59:00 +0000+Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:10:15 +0000
  
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