Since Snowden we've discovered just how lawless the government is, and what's worse, the spooks also got away scot-free with no consequences whatsoever for wanton violations of the Fourth Amendment.
Saying that you shouldn't rely on legally untested warrant canaries as a sure-fire protection is not the same as agreeing with the executive branch's overreach abetted by a supine & craven Congress and a Judicial branch all too inclined to defer to the executive when spurious security justifications are trotted out.
Saying that you shouldn't rely on legally untested warrant canaries as a sure-fire protection is not the same as agreeing with the executive branch's overreach abetted by a supine & craven Congress and a Judicial branch all too inclined to defer to the executive when spurious security justifications are trotted out.