Warrant Canary
This page is updated on the 1st of each month. If this page disappears, is not updated, or the statement changes, it means we have been legally compelled and can no longer make the statements below.
Current Statement
As of March 1, 2026, Quicksand has:
- Not received any National Security Letters or FISA court orders.
- Not received any secret court orders or gag orders from any jurisdiction.
- Not been compelled to create any backdoors in our software or infrastructure.
- Not been required to provide bulk access to user data or encryption keys.
- Not been subject to any search or seizure of our servers, data, or equipment.
- Not placed any law enforcement monitoring capabilities on our network.
This canary is updated on the 1st of each month. Failure to update should be treated as an indication that we can no longer make these statements.
PGP-Signed Statement
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Quicksand Warrant Canary Statement
Date: 2026-03-01
Version: 001
As of March 1, 2026, Quicksand has not received any
National Security Letters, FISA court orders, secret
court orders, or gag orders from any jurisdiction.
We have not been compelled to create any backdoors in
our software or infrastructure, nor have we been
required to provide bulk access to user data or
encryption keys.
We have not been subject to any search or seizure of
our servers, data, or equipment.
No law enforcement monitoring capabilities have been
placed on our network.
This canary will be updated on the 1st of each month.
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on major keyservers once generated. Verify every statement against the signed version.
Canary History
Version 001 — Initial warrant canary published.
How does a warrant canary work?
A warrant canary is a method by which a service provider informs users that it has not been served with a secret government subpoena. If the canary is not updated, it may indicate that the provider has received such a subpoena and is legally unable to disclose it.
While we cannot guarantee the legal enforceability of warrant canaries in all jurisdictions, we believe in radical transparency. This is one tool among many — including our zero-knowledge architecture, which means there is little useful data to hand over even if compelled.
Our canary is PGP-signed to prevent tampering. Always verify the signature against our published public key.