What if my email provider, let's call it @MySuperAwesomeEmailProvider.com just goes out of business and decided to stop the service. Then I can't answer to the emails you will "life-ping" me with. And I won't even be able to change my email address on your system because I would have lost my account password. And then the next day, I don't think I would be able to go out.
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#32I hope they process bouncebacks and disable the service for the bounced user.
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#33Better idea: Live your life in such a way that you have no regrets. Tell people how you feel, when you feel. Don't burn bridges.
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#34Better idea: Live your life in such a way that you have no regrets. Tell people how you feel, when you feel. Don't burn bridges.
Regrets are not the only reason to have secrets.
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#36Better idea: Live your life in such a way that you have no regrets. Tell people how you feel, when you feel. Don't burn bridges.
I was just thinking this is a lot like a coin flipping trick I heard once. You flip a coin for a decision, notice whatever you're secretly hoping the coin lands on, put the coin back in your pocket without looking at it, and do what you secretly wanted the coin to tell you to do.
With this service, go ahead and fill out what you want the emails to say... and then just send them.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm a little unclear on what problem you're trying to solve. Are you saying you should wait for a second place to set up such a service, sign up for both, and use a simple secret sharing scheme[1] to ensure that only once both go out does anyone know the original message? Or does that not solve the problem you were talking about? [1]Which in this case would probably just be -- since in this case you don't want it to…
> I'm a little unclear on what problem you're trying to solve. So am I, actually, sorry. My initial thought was that a central authority (a host that might go down or bankrupt) could be avoided if I were to split my secret into parts, distribute them among my loved ones (telling them what it is about and that I trust them they'll not meet behind my back while I'm still alive), accompanied by instructions how it works…
What happens if your death coincides with the death of one of your secret holders (I.e. you and your mom die in a car accident)?
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have the feeling the idea is to have mails go to stuff like your projects mailing lists or online friends, more than managing your real life heritage.
Oh, I would never trust actual will-type stuff to it, that's for sure. But I certainly don't want a 'I died, sorry!' message going out to my mailing lists prematurely, either.
putting a "i died, sorry!" message on any sort of automated system would be colossally stupid (unless you plan to kill yourself, i guess). just have it send out a message saying something like "this is an automated message: i have been unreachable by email for the last 52 days. maybe something is wrong - give me a call"
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#39What if my email provider, let's call it @MySuperAwesomeEmailProvider.com just goes out of business and decided to stop the service. Then I can't answer to the emails you will "life-ping" me with. And I won't even be able to change my email address on your system because I would have lost my account password. And then the next day, I don't think I would be able to go out.
if you are worried that your email provider will go out of service without notice, you should get a different email provider.
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Oh, I would never trust actual will-type stuff to it, that's for sure. But I certainly don't want a 'I died, sorry!' message going out to my mailing lists prematurely, either.
We're doing a similar service so we've looked into it a bit. We found that as long as it isn't contested, nearly anything counts as a will. If your will is likely to stir things up among the beneficiaries though, you should definitely get a lawyer.
That depends where you are. See, for example: