Canary for Kicksecure / Whonix project
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Statements
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The Kicksecure / Whonix lead developer who digitally signed this file states the following:

1. Canary issue date: see the gpg signature time.

2.

Definition "artifact": Kicksecure / Whonix software, Kicksecure / Whonix downloads, Kicksecure / Whonix source code

* The Kicksecure / Whonix Project has never added any backdoor to any artifact.
* The Kicksecure / Whonix Project has never turned over any signing key.
* The Kicksecure / Whonix Project has never knowingly signed any artifact containing any backdoor.
* The Kicksecure / Whonix Project has never weakened, compromised, or subverted any of its cryptography.

3. We plan to publish the next canary statement within 4 weeks.

This file should be signed with a detached OpenPGP signature by the Kicksecure / Whonix lead developer.

Do not trust the contents of this file blindly - always verify digital signatures!

Take special note if this message ceases to exist.

Special announcements
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None.

Disclaimers and notes
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Be mindful that Kicksecure / Whonix has been designed under the assumption that all relevant infrastructure is permanently compromised. This means NO trust is placed in any of the servers or services which host or provide any Whonix-related data, particularly software updates, source code repositories, and Kicksecure / Whonix downloads.

This canary scheme is not infallible. Signing the declaration makes it very difficult for a third party to produce arbitrary declarations, but this does not prevent the use of coercion, blackmail, compromise of the signer's laptop or other measures to produce false declarations.

The news feeds quoted below (see Proof of freshness) confirm this canary could not have been created earlier than the issue date. This demonstrates a series of canaries was not created in advance.

This declaration is provided without any guarantee or warranty. It is not legally binding upon any parties in any form. The signer should never be held legally responsible for any statements made here.

Proof of freshness
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$ date -R -u
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:57:17 +0000

$ rsstail -1 -n5 -u https://www.spiegel.de/international/index.rss
Title: The Public Uprising: Bernhard Poerksen's Critique of DER SPIEGEL's Debate Culture
Title: Never Out of Date: How Hannah Arendt Helps Us Understand Our World
Title: Syria One Year After the Overthrow: The Enigma of Damascus
Title: Taking On Ice: A Lone Louisiana Lawyer's Fight against Trump's Deportations
Title: Neil Leifer: "I Thought: Shit, What Will They Think in the Lab?"

$ rsstail -1 -n5 -u http://rss.cnn.com/rss/edition_world.rss
Title: Markets digest bank earnings after recent turmoil
Title: Still haven't filed your taxes? Here's what you need to know
Title: Retail spending fell in March as consumers pull back
Title: Analysis: Fox News is about to enter the true No Spin Zone
Title: Silicon Valley Bank collapse renews calls to address disparities impacting entrepreneurs of color 

$ rsstail -1 -n5 -u https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world/rss.xml
Title: Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace'
Title: Exiled crown prince urges world to help protesters topple Iran's government
Title: US justice department investigating Minnesota Democrats over alleged obstruction of ICE
Title: Japanese mayor apologises after calling staff 'human scum'
Title: Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy, says study refuting Trump autism claims

$ rsstail -1 -n5 -u https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
Title: Rare twins born in DRC raise cautious hope for endangered mountain gorillas
Title: Uganda’s opposition leader ‘taken by army’ as Museveni nears re-election
Title: Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled
Title: Extreme rainfall inundates South Africa and Mozambique
Title: Cloth wraps treated with ‘dirt cheap’ insecticide cut malaria cases in babies

$ curl --silent --fail --proto =https --tlsv1.3 https://blockchain.info/q/getblockcount
932629
$ date -u +%s
1768643848