it's simple: if you can't run it robustly, FADE TO BLACK. the canary dies when you shut off the service. anything else is posturing or pointless... [0]. best regards, 0. this leads to follow up questions, which may be: Qa) what about the legality? Aa: irrelevant as the canary, too. Qb) how to run the service? Ab: all onions, all the time![1] Qc) but my business is monitizing user data exhaust!? FinalAnswer: we're coming to make you worse than obsolete. you're a moral hazard and proven risk! 1. All onions, all the time, no DNS, no cloudbullshit, now past 1yr mark. it is possible past the growing pains! 20-30 minute typical bootstrap of friend/family/peer onto onion services. XMPP+OTR, Onionpad, GPGw/out email, Anonfilehost developer services? this a harder nut to crack. but possible; takes more than scores of minutes, however. SSSSSS. they NSL's your onion? you done fucked up somewhere, sad earth human. , time to burn onions and keys, three degrees out, :P