My comment was for scenario 2, not 1.
Then you need to go back and read #2 again and actually pay attention to what I am saying this time. Then if you agree with me, we can perhaps both delete these recent posts since then so as not to confuse others with your misunderstanding.
You have to have your keys at disposal all the time when people use your node. There's no way to be an intermediate node on a payment route, without using your keys.
Correct. That is what #1 states. We are in agreement.
#2 has nothing to do with people using my node. #2 has to do with protecting myself from a stale state while my node is offline.
Some formatting of the posts went wrong I think.
No. I just applied your reply to my comment that it was talking about. There is NOTHING in your response that has ANYTHING to do with what I said in #2. If you thought you were responding to #2, then you failed to understand what I wrote.