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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here is an update from two hours ago, quoting <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liberty-safe-responds-to-backlash-as-anger-grows-over-giving-fbi-code/ar-AA1gniHp">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/liberty-safe-responds-to-backlash-as-anger-grows-over-giving-fbi-code/ar-AA1gniHp</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>“G</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#2B2B2B'>un safe manufacturer Liberty Safe has said its customers will now be able to have the records of their safe combinations "expunged" after the company faced growing backlash for handing over the access code to one safe to the FBI. Liberty Safe customers will be able to fill out a form to have records of their safe access codes deleted, meaning they can "take control of how their information is stored and protected," the manufacturer said in a statement on Wednesday evening.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The most likely end-result of all of this, I suspect, is encapsulated in the title of the web page at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/safe-company-under-fire-for-giving-customers-access-code-to-fbi-enjoy-bankruptcy-traitors/ar-AA1gluqI">https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/safe-company-under-fire-for-giving-customers-access-code-to-fbi-enjoy-bankruptcy-traitors/ar-AA1gluqI</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“Safe Company Under Fire for Giving Customer's Access Code to FBI: 'Enjoy Bankruptcy, Traitors’”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Because Liberty Safe’s competitors (e.g. Champion Safe) has been bombarded with calls from dealers to sell alternative products instead of Liberty Safe, see<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/american-rebel-champion-safe-bombarded-with-calls-from-dealers-and-customers-about-the-liberty-safe-breach-1032610722">https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/american-rebel-champion-safe-bombarded-with-calls-from-dealers-and-customers-about-the-liberty-safe-breach-1032610722</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> cryptography <cryptography-bounces+crypto=glassblower.info@metzdowd.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>erik@erikgranger.name<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 6, 2023 8:33 AM<br><b>To:</b> cryptography@metzdowd.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cryptography] Liberty Safe reveals that it has backdoor access to it's physical safes and provides access to law enforcement.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>Twitter/X Link:<o:p></o:p></p><p> <a href="https://twitter.com/libertysafeinc/status/1699245595867971969">https://twitter.com/libertysafeinc/status/1699245595867971969</a><br><br>Transcript of post:<br><br>@libertysafeinc:<br><br>"On August 30, 2023, Liberty Safe was contacted by the FBI requesting the access code to the safe of an individual for whom they had a warrant to search their property. Our company protocol is to provide access codes to law enforcement if a warrant grants them access to a property. After receiving the request, we received proof of the valid warrant, and only then did we provide them with an access code. Liberty Safe had no knowledge of any of the details surrounding the investigation at the time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>"Liberty Safe is devoted to protecting the personal property and 2nd amendment rights of our customers and has repeatedly denied requests for access codes without a warrant in the past. We do not give out combinations without proper legal documentation being provided by authorities. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>"We regularly update our policies to ensure both compliance with federal and state law and reasonable consumer privacy protections within the law. First and foremost, Liberty Safe is committed to preserving our customers' rights, and we will remain unwavering in those values. "<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>Their customer base reacted as you can imagine to this news, with over 3,500 responses to this post in less than 12 hours. I haven't done an exhaustive search of the replies but I haven't found a single one that took this news well. The combination of most Liberty Safes is electronic in nature; the combination can be set by the user. This means that, at least from my vantage, that this can't merely be a backup of the combination but some sort of backdoor that is programmed in. <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>