Canary Watch: Activists Create Website to Track NSA and FBI Info Requests

http://www.undergroundworldnews.com A recently launched website that tracks and lists transparency reports from across the web has already received over 20 submissions since its launch on Monday, co-founder Nadia Kayyali told the Sputnik international news service. Kayyali, who is also an activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), said that EFF became involved in the project because they thought it was important to provide information to people about what companies have so-called ‘canaries.’ A ‘canary’ is a published statement or warrant that ISPs and telecom providers put out to say they haven’t received any security data requests from Federal government. Its disappearance normally means they’ve received secret orders from an intelligence or law enforcement agency, usually the NSA or the FBI. http://rt.com/usa/230055-canary-website-information-requests/