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Who said anything about The State doing the killing?
Usually, people are even more against private killings.
Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
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Re: Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Expect" is a word that has different meanings depending on the context: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/expect > To predict or believe that something will happen In this sense, I do not expect most websites to work without javascript. > To consider obligatory or required. In this sense, I do expect most websites to work without javascript. At the very least, for accessibility reasons.
You can expect all you want, I expect you’ll be disappointed. The goal to keep the web in that languid state is of the same ilk of the buggy whip. It’ll have archaic use cases, but the numbers won’t make sense for a lot of if not most future endeavours.
Re: Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
#113My problem with any "Dead man switch" is the fact that none of these services seem to survive. Also, can you please write somewhere on the website what's your privacy policy? Is everything encrypted? if so, with what? By it's nature this kind of service will hold very sensitive information.
The privacy policy can be found fixed to the bottom of the website on every page (next to the copyright notice). As with any service you should assume that nothing is encrypted (even though it is) and follow other articles that I've written about how to securely maintain private information when using third party services.
I don't see why anybody would ever use your unsecure service or even pay for it.
Re: Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
#114Re: Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
#115Coming from a background in Law Enforcement (Australia) and dealing daily with Domestic Violence, this is a great idea. Does need a polish (few bugs - can't delete switches / change reporting time?) and yes, potentially a 'cover story change' (build a simple period tracker for the female audience?) I know there are a few private and government organisations over here trying to battle this problem, with the use of tec…
Re: Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can expect all you want, I expect you’ll be disappointed. The goal to keep the web in that languid state is of the same ilk of the buggy whip. It’ll have archaic use cases, but the numbers won’t make sense for a lot of if not most future endeavours.
Opine all you like, it won't stop us from raising a stink about inaccessible websites.
Re: Show HN: Discreet dead man's switch for victims of domestic abuse
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
The privacy policy can be found fixed to the bottom of the website on every page (next to the copyright notice). As with any service you should assume that nothing is encrypted (even though it is) and follow other articles that I've written about how to securely maintain private information when using third party services.
So in short, the answer is "no". I don't see why anybody would ever use your unsecure service or even pay for it.