Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
308 bytes added ,  16:05, April 6, 2016
explanation of phrase
Line 7: Line 7:     
reddit supports reform of government surveillance programs and joined 86 other groups by signing an open letter to Congress in 2013.</blockquote>The failure to make a similar claim for 2015 indicates that Reddit received an NSL.
 
reddit supports reform of government surveillance programs and joined 86 other groups by signing an open letter to Congress in 2013.</blockquote>The failure to make a similar claim for 2015 indicates that Reddit received an NSL.
 +
 +
The phrase is based on the way that coal miners protected against gas poisoning.  They would bring a [[canary]] in a cage with them into a coal mine.  The bird would stop chirping before any miners would notice symptoms of gas poisoning themselves, so the canary served as an indirect early warning system.
    
==References==
 
==References==
SkipCaptcha
3,995

edits

Navigation menu