A warrant canary is a transparency mechanism used by privacy-focused services. It is a dated statement confirming that no secret legal orders have been received. If the canary stops updating — or its status changes — users should treat that as a signal that something has changed.
As of June 1, 2026, myvpnhosting.com states that:
This canary is updated on or before the 7th of each month. The mechanism works by absence: as long as it updates with "CANARY ALIVE," the service has received no secret legal compulsion that would prevent disclosure. If the canary is not updated within the stated window, or if the status changes, users should act accordingly and assume the canary has been killed.
Each monthly canary statement is cryptographically signed with the myvpnhosting.com operator PGP key — an Ed25519 key whose private half is kept offline and never stored on this server. Verifying the signature confirms the statement was produced by the operator and has not been altered. If a fresh signed statement stops appearing within the stated window, treat the canary as dead.
Key fingerprint:
8A49 198C 0D27 718C 04C7 8286 500A 292D E289 FB3F
Verify it yourself: save both blocks below, import the public key, and run
gpg --verify statement.asc.
Operator public key:
| Period | Published | Status | PGP Signed |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | June 1, 2026 | ALIVE | ✓ Yes |
| May 2026 | May 7, 2026 | ALIVE | Pending |