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# Warrant canary
Last updated: 2026-05-18

A warrant canary is a statement we publish, dated, that affirms what we have *not* received. If the statement disappears, stops being updated, or changes in unexpected ways, you should draw the obvious conclusion.

## Statement

> As of 2026-05-18, Faction Community, LLC has: - Received zero national security letters. - Received zero FISA orders or other secret surveillance orders. - Received zero gag orders. - Received zero government requests to insert a backdoor, weaken our cryptography, hand over signing keys, or push a targeted client update. - Received zero law-enforcement requests for user data. This statement is re-affirmed by the publication of this page at the date shown above.

## How to read this page

- If the date is current (within a few weeks of today) — the statement still holds.
- If the date has gone stale (months without an update) — read it with suspicion. We aim to refresh the date on every release.
- If the statement language changes from the wording above — read carefully. A canary protects you precisely by being legally compelled to not lie; the way it speaks is by going quiet or by altering its phrasing.
- If this page is taken down entirely — assume the worst until we say otherwise from another channel.

## What we could be forced to hand over

Even if we received a request tomorrow, the cryptographic boundary determines what we *have* versus what we *do not have*. For E2EE channels and DMs, the server stores ciphertext and routing metadata; there is no plaintext to surrender. For the underlying metadata — account existence, channel membership, timestamps, the fact that two parties communicate — see the [transparency page](/transparency) for the exact list.

## Transparency report

When the first request arrives, a transparency report describing it (within legal limits) will be published from the [transparency page](/transparency). Until then, the operative fact is the count above.
Verify out-of-band A warrant canary is only meaningful if you can verify the page hasn't been silently replaced.
For high-stakes verification, check the page across multiple network paths (Tor, a VPN, another
ISP) and cross-reference against the cryptographic signature on the next client release.