English Explanatory Dictionary

warrant canary

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A public notice that a service provider has not received a secret government subpoena for their customers' data that they would be prohibited from saying they had received.

Word forms

warrant canary warrant canaries

Etymology

Allusion to a miner's canary.

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