is the mysteriously-long @securedrop outage at @theintercept a de facto 'warrant canary' implying that they've lost control of their SecureDrop instance?

my Twitter thread of speculation, based on the public penumbras of an extended outage that seems otherwise hard-to-explain: https://twitter.com/gojomo/status/1673477235473526785

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“ok, dammit, *I'll* put my paranoid hat on, & connect the dots of my QT'd thread. from the publicly-viewable transitions, I fear that earlier this year, @theintercept lost confidence in the security of, if not outright physical possession of, their @securedrop hardware. …”

Twitter

@securedrop @theintercept TheIntercept is back to advertising a SecureDrop instance!

I've seen no commentary or explanation about the extended outage or restoration, & the new address differs from the old.

again, more details at a Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/gojomo/status/1681711106858061824