Isn't this essentially MetLife Infinity? https://metlifeinfinity.com
Show HN: What happens if you disappear
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#22Isn't this essentially MetLife Infinity? https://metlifeinfinity.com
Close but not really storage. I guess more of detection and notification although Google and Merlifeinfinity very close ...
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#23Google already has a service for this: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/account/inactive
Real life already has a service for this. They are called lawyers. They can keep your records on file, you know who they are, they have legal responsibility to keep everything confidential, and when you die... things just work. I guess this would work for more casual documents, passwords to facebook, whatever. I have a document printed out and kept in our file cabinet for such things, so I would not use this service,…
Yes, lawyers ... good or nothing for those. Thing is, your friends and family must know where that document is and then who gets to read it first?
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Real life already has a service for this. They are called lawyers. They can keep your records on file, you know who they are, they have legal responsibility to keep everything confidential, and when you die... things just work. I guess this would work for more casual documents, passwords to facebook, whatever. I have a document printed out and kept in our file cabinet for such things, so I would not use this service,…
Yes, lawyers ... good or nothing for those. Thing is, your friends and family must know where that document is and then who gets to read it first?
Simply add to your will "My Facebook account goes to my mother."
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#25I can see so many things go wrong with this:
- Company tanks.
- Company gets acquired, and your private data gets mined.
- Company gets hacked and database dump gets posted.
I think I'd rather stick to the old methods of sealed envelopes and trusted friends or a lawyer. It's more reliable and requires less brain time slices ("Does the comapny still exist? Has it been hacked or acquired?" etc)
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#26> If a subscription charge fails three consecutive weeks, Cronu will release your message.
Oh boy. I can see so much going wrong with this.
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#27Call me cheap, but $1 a month seems a little steep for this for me. I'm not planning on dying for another 50 years or so. Even if your site is still around at that point (which, let's be honest, isn't likely), I'll have paid $600 for you to send off a couple email for me.
It's a cute idea, and maybe something I'd consider for a small, one-time fee, but I definitely would never pay monthly for it.
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#28Can't you send an email on a timer? Say a day or two after your birthday or some holiday. Every year on your birthday you reset the timer. It could take some time after you disappear for the info to arrive.
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#29Call me cheap, but $1 a month seems a little steep for this for me. I'm not planning on dying for another 50 years or so. Even if your site is still around at that point (which, let's be honest, isn't likely), I'll have paid $600 for you to send off a couple email for me. It's a cute idea, and maybe something I'd consider for a small, one-time fee, but I definitely would never pay monthly for it.
Also an old email with long-expired passwords etc.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
Comfortably running on the GAE free quota makes it more , not less likely to disappear unless you're there to move it when Google pulls the plug.
Yeah you are right. I think we are safe for now in the cloud wars ... maybe.
You are in the least safe position possible. You're on a free Google service. In spite of the longevity of a few of these services, those are shut down all the time.
You say:
> To make sure you are well and sound, Cronu will charge your card a dollar a month.
I would insert "and to ensure your message remains available", as written this feels so inauthentic as to be mildly offensive.
And then take that dollar a month from myself and from a few others, and spin up some paid instances. Pick a couple hosts that are likely to be around for a long, long time, and get a box from each, and make your service redundant. Show that you've paid for service from these providers and have paid up for the next 10? 50? 100 years. Register cronu.com for the next 10? 50? 100 years (this expiry date is easily verified with whois) because you obviously can't send email from cronu.com if your domain registration expired. Right now, your expiry is in September of next year.
Paying for these instances is what distinguishes you from a free monthly dead-man-switch email and makes you worthy of receiving that dollar.