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I personally still wouldn't risk it.

SamBam 6y ago
I think the best way to set it up is, after you've failed to respond several times (maybe because your spam filter changed our something) it then seems a preliminary email to all those on your list. "Is this person really dead? If not, get him to log in... etc" Some might deliberately choose to click that you're dead, in the hopes of seeing the message, but likely your spouse or whoever would be, like, "Honey, this thing says you're dead..." And if none of them answer, because it went to their junk or they're all dead by now, then it's moot because they're exactly the people who would have seen anything.
- jimmcslim 6y ago
  Probably should have some sort of “m of n” condition to prevent the mischievous/malicious from doing it. Alternatively, the dead man switch service could generate a secret link that you copy into your will, and your executor clicks it to trigger the process (which may still email you or others to confirm that you are dead)? I kinda feel there’s some interesting fiction to be written around this...
  - nullsense 6y ago
    But then you have a situation where either those n people have to know about and opt in to this deal which leaves them wondering what your secrets are and just knowing that people were thinking about it would drive my crazy or you have a situation where people get an email totally out of the blue saying that someone they know is dead and click this link to find out their secrets. I would mark that as spam and delete it instantly. Some people would just click cos they are like what the hell is this about. Almost zero people will take it as a serious instruction to be dutifully followed.
- deleted 6y ago
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spicybright 6y ago
Why is your username green?
- andreareina 6y ago
  New users get a green username: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-usernames https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-...
  - pbhjpbhj 6y ago
    Newly opened accounts. Often it's people who are regular users using a throwaway.
    - nullsense 6y ago
      Interestingly most throwaway accounts I see with throwaway in their name aren't green, so I think those people must have just kept their "throwaway" account?
      - imtringued 6y ago
        Yes they do, I'm doing it right now with this account. Notice the intentional misspelling (correctly spelled username is still available).
- nullsense 6y ago
  New account.

I think the best way to set it up is, after you've failed to respond several times (maybe because your spam filter changed our something) it then seems a preliminary email to all those on your list. "Is this person really dead? If not, get him to log in... etc" Some might deliberately choose to click that you're dead, in the hopes of seeing the message, but likely your spouse or whoever would be, like, "Honey, this thing says you're dead..." And if none of them answer, because it went to their junk or they're all dead by now, then it's moot because they're exactly the people who would have seen anything.

jimmcslim 6y ago
Probably should have some sort of “m of n” condition to prevent the mischievous/malicious from doing it. Alternatively, the dead man switch service could generate a secret link that you copy into your will, and your executor clicks it to trigger the process (which may still email you or others to confirm that you are dead)? I kinda feel there’s some interesting fiction to be written around this...
- nullsense 6y ago
  But then you have a situation where either those n people have to know about and opt in to this deal which leaves them wondering what your secrets are and just knowing that people were thinking about it would drive my crazy or you have a situation where people get an email totally out of the blue saying that someone they know is dead and click this link to find out their secrets. I would mark that as spam and delete it instantly. Some people would just click cos they are like what the hell is this about. Almost zero people will take it as a serious instruction to be dutifully followed.
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spicybright 6y ago

Why is your username green?

andreareina 6y ago
New users get a green username: https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-usernames https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#green-...
- pbhjpbhj 6y ago
  Newly opened accounts. Often it's people who are regular users using a throwaway.
  - nullsense 6y ago
    Interestingly most throwaway accounts I see with throwaway in their name aren't green, so I think those people must have just kept their "throwaway" account?
    - imtringued 6y ago
      Yes they do, I'm doing it right now with this account. Notice the intentional misspelling (correctly spelled username is still available).
nullsense 6y ago
New account.