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Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by pomnia »

joenot443 wrote: post #27

Call 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.

You are not cheap (cause I think the same) so there is the email option. If you value your one click a month less than $1 then that should work? Thanks!

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by pomnia »

runjake wrote: post #25

I 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)

All valid. Then again envelops tend to get lost, misplaced or simply forgotten ...

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by codingdave »

pomnia wrote: post #23
codingdave wrote: post #20

Earlier 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?

Yeah, no system is perfect. If your will cannot be found, that is a problem. Of course, digital documents won't be notarized, so that is also a problem.

Your service has some use cases... but please do not tell me you seriously expect it to replace lawyers when it comes to managing one's estate.

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

#34

Post by pomnia »

antisthenes wrote: post #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.

What else can detect your disappearance? Other than email pings. We use stripe so your card expiration should be covered ... still valid point there.

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by pomnia »

jyriand wrote: post #11

I'm constantly losing/breaking my credit/debit cards and forgetting about the services I have subscribed to. Usually I'm reminded by an email from a service telling me that they were unable to charge my credit card. Does it mean that next time it happens and i'm subscribed to your service everyone related will be notified of my death? Edit: I read the description one more time and it seems that you send an email thre…

It really comes down to "we need to know you are around". Month is acceptable cycle, email or card it's up to you. The email assumes you are the only one with access to that email.

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by 0xmohit »

runjake wrote: post #25

I 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)

Another possibility is:

- An insider misuses powers.

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by simonsarris »

codingdave wrote: post #20
simonsarris wrote: post #15

Google 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,…

You ring your lawyer when you update your passwords?

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by pomnia »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #28

Can'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.

We can and we do. Just the cycle is month not a year cause we think your friends and family won't like to wait a year ...

Re: Show HN: What happens if you disappear

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Post by inimino »

pomnia wrote: post #34
antisthenes wrote: post #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.

What else can detect your disappearance? Other than email pings. We use stripe so your card expiration should be covered ... still valid point there.

"Sorry for the false alarm everyone, I'm not dead, I just didn't check my email for a while."
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