[guardian-dev] we all should do a privacy dead man's switch

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

A privacy dead man's switch is a public statement saying that someone has not
received secret orders.  So I personally can say: I have never received any
kind of secret order from any law enforcement or spy agency.

This article does a good job of outlining the idea and how various people have
implemented it:
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/09/nsa-sabotage-dead-mans-switch

In the USA, its not totally clear what a court would do if the agency that
issued a secret order took offense to this procedure, but it seems worth the
risk, since I would hope to be able to fight any gag order I might receive in
a court of law.

.hc

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