Warrant Canary

Last updated: 11 April 2026

What is a warrant canary?

Under Australian law — specifically the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 (the TOLA Act) — the government can issue secret orders compelling companies to assist with surveillance or weaken their security. These orders typically come with gag provisions that prohibit the recipient from disclosing the order's existence.

A warrant canary is a regularly published statement declaring that no such order has been received. If the statement stops being updated, or if specific declarations are removed, you can infer that something has changed — even though we may be legally prohibited from telling you directly.

Think of it like a canary in a coal mine: its presence means the air is safe. Its absence is the warning.

Current statement

Covering the period up to and including 11 April 2026.

Latens has not received any National Security Notice, Technical Assistance Request, or Technical Capability Notice under the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018.

Latens has not been required to build, implement, or compromise any cryptographic implementation, backdoor, or vulnerability in our systems.

Latens has not been subject to any search, seizure, or compelled handover of our infrastructure, servers, or cryptographic keys.

Latens has not received any order from a court, government agency, or law enforcement body requiring the disclosure of user data, traffic data, or encryption keys.

Latens has not been prevented from disclosing any information in this canary statement that we were previously able to disclose.

Signed statement

As of 11 April 2026, Latens (ABN 78 733 747 904) has not received
any government order or legal process that would compromise the
privacy or security of our users, our infrastructure, or our
cryptographic implementations.

This statement is issued voluntarily and will be updated monthly.
If this page is not updated within 60 days of the above date, or
if any of the above declarations are removed, users should assume
that the relevant declaration can no longer be made.

Mitch Callinan
Sole operator, Latens
11 April 2026

Update schedule

This canary is updated on or around the 1st of each month. If this page has not been updated within 60 days, you should consider the canary to have lapsed.

We may also update this page outside the regular schedule if we are able and wish to provide additional transparency.

How to interpret changes

  • All statements present and current — no government orders or compulsion have been received. The service is operating as described in our privacy policy.
  • A specific statement is removed — the removed statement can no longer be truthfully made. The remaining statements are still valid.
  • The page stops being updated — assume that one or more declarations can no longer be made, or that we are no longer able to operate the canary freely.
  • The page is removed entirely — treat this as equivalent to the page not being updated.

Limitations

A warrant canary is a transparency mechanism, not a legal guarantee. Its effectiveness depends on the legal environment at the time. We publish it in good faith as one part of our commitment to user trust.

Regardless of this canary's status, our architecture is designed so that we have no traffic logs to hand over. The canary addresses scenarios beyond logging — such as orders to install backdoors or hand over encryption keys.

Questions

If you have questions about this canary or our approach to government requests, contact us at [email protected].