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I've long thought of a start up that would offer a kill switch service. Something that you checked into every so often to verify you were still alive (by email,
by surge 13y ago
I've long thought of a start up that would offer a kill switch service. Something that you checked into every so often to verify you were still alive (by email, text, or it just monitored your social feeds). If over a custom set period of time 30-365 days, if it hadn't heard anything it would attempt to confirm you're still alive either by notifying you directly or a friend to confirm if you weren't. At which point it will notify services to suspend accounts, or send a list of passwords or account access information to those you trust to handle deactivating your facebook, twitter,or turning it into a memorial of sorts (since I guess your social feeds kind of become a digital memorial of your life). The killer feature even possibly delete sensitive data you don't want relatives seeing on your computer by installing some client app. :P
I don't know I'm surprised a kill switch service like this doesn't exist.
- pizzeys 13y agoI wrote this for just me a while back, and everyone I talked to about it thought it was morbidly weird. I'm glad there are others who think it isn't, but that might be something a startup had to contend with.
- kaeruct 13y agoAny change you could publish it? I would love to have this myself
- surge 13y agoI don't know about this person's service, but someone else posted something similar: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6471713 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6471713
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- surge 13y agoWills and life insurance are morbidly weird, but like it or not people need them. People have "digital" estates now, that need to be managed just as much as one's physical affairs once they die.
- anandam 13y agoPlease take a look at our company eterniam.com which preserves your digital estate. I would love your feedback.