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, 21 Mar 2026 12:15:42 +0000

$ rsstail -1 -n5 -u https://www.spiegel.de/international/index.rss
Title: U.S. Military Expert on Oil Tanker Convoys in the Strait of Hormuz: "Iran Must Only Succeed Once to Trigger a Catastrophe"
Title: Indigenous Activist Nick Tilsen: "Trump Wants to Hear Nothing about the Genocide against Indigenous Nations"
Title: Donald Trump's U.S. Abandons Role as Global Leader
Title: Insta, TikTok and Co.: Is Australia's Social Media Ban for Children Actually Working?
Title: "Reckless, Suicidal Race": The Deadly Threat Posed by Artificial Intelligence

$ 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: Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
Title: Fans elated as BTS play first gig together in nearly four years
Title: Russian drone attack kills two in Ukraine ahead of talks in US, officials say
Title: Elon Musk misled Twitter investors, jury finds
Title: Socialists battle to hold Paris in key mayoral elections across France

$ rsstail -1 -n5 -u https://www.theguardian.com/world/rss
Title: Madagascar’s military ruler decrees that ministers must pass lie detector tests
Title: Some of the world’s poorest countries to lose UK aid due to 56% budget cut
Title: Woman has sentence quashed by Tanzania court after over a decade on death row
Title: Jihadist violence in Nigeria and DRC rose sharply last year even as global deaths from terror fell
Title: Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader

$ curl --silent --fail --proto =https --tlsv1.3 https://blockchain.info/q/getblockcount
941569
$ date -u +%s
1774095357