Another is that the person who routinely updates the canary might be UNAWARE that the company has been forced to do some bad thing.
Maybe the General Counsel has been notified and gagged. It seems that maybe the General Counsel should be the person who routinely updates the canary. Come in to work. Get coffee. Check messages. Update canary. Read news. Attend daily meeting. Etc.
Just skip that Update canary part. You didn't actively do anything to disclose anything. It was lack of action. You didn't actively communicate anything. You just changed your daily routine.
It is important that the person who updates the canary is the one who KNOWS whether the company has been forced to do something bad.
> [To date, the company] has never installed any law enforcement software or equipment anywhere on our network;
Someone else might have, or they might have allowed other people to do so.