[dankent]

Even if the primary service itself was compromised, it would be possible to have an automated dead man's switch running on an alternative service that would alert the world that you were being held incommunicado.

Of course, failing to disclose the switch to the authorities and thus allowing it to trigger could be considered a violation of a court order and lead to punishment.

[thaumasiotes]

Also, it doesn't look good when you're arrested on suspicion of running Hansa and next morning Hansa has a big banner saying "the admin hasn't checked in, we think something is wrong".

[hkon]

The best point of them all.

[mfoy_]

"the alleged admin hasn't checked in"

X'D

[the_af]

> Of course, failing to disclose the switch to the authorities and thus allowing it to trigger could be considered a violation of a court order and lead to punishment.

Black market operators are unlikely to be willing to take this risk for the sake of their customers, but political activists/dissidents might for the sake of their audience.

[nextlevelwizard]

You could start from something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bpX8YvNg6Y