This is why you sign the canary regularly, and then it just expires if you do nothing.
Although... I also don't see much use in them either, it seems everyone ends up complying with something eventually and so all canaries end up getting removed.
Although... I also don't see much use in them either, it seems everyone ends up complying with something eventually and so all canaries end up getting removed.
IMHO, that's kinda a weaselly trick, no matter how good the cause, and it might not stand up, not legally, nor in extra-legal practice.
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Why didn’t you do this thing 2 weeks ago that you were under no legal obligation to do?
Seems like a significant and valid distinction even if what they communicate to the intended audience is largely the same.
“Largely the same” because in the second case it would be possible that forgetting, or some other obstacle to resigning occurred.