Um... someone is going to use this for sending their suicide notes.
Gmail "Schedule Send" feature is good enough this use case :)
Show HN: WeExpire.org – Notes readable only after your death
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#32Interesting idea. If, for some reason, your site goes down, will a note still be readable?
The emergency note can be readable only via WeExpire, and that's for security reasons - you always need to be notified that someone is trying to access your emergency note. As any other platform WeExpire could temporarily go down, but it will be always back online before than the minimum inactivity time you can set up in your emergency note (1 day).
Yeah, but platforms fail, go out of business and can have issues.
If you use this service (or any other of the ones mentioned in the other comments) you'll need to periodically check that they are ok (and that all your details are up to date).
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#34"Please delete my browser history"
That is all.
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#35Blockchain based solution. Helps with the survivability of the provider issue with these.
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#36Sorry for the shameless plug but I also have a similar service: https://backupdiary.com It works as a "dead man's switch". As long as you sign in at least once a month your note will be stay private. Otherwise, your designated recipients will get it in the email.
It seems risky to be storing sensitive information including passwords. How are you protecting this data?
Re: Show HN: WeExpire.org – Notes readable only after your death
#37Sorry for the shameless plug but I also have a similar service: https://backupdiary.com It works as a "dead man's switch". As long as you sign in at least once a month your note will be stay private. Otherwise, your designated recipients will get it in the email.
It seems risky to be storing sensitive information including passwords. How are you protecting this data?
It does sound risky. But I wanted it to be secure enough so I could (and I am) store my own sensitive info too.
All the information your write in your note is encrypted using 256-bit AES key. Encryption keys and the data itself are stored in different services. So even if the database is leaked/hacked, the information will not be public.
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#38Hm please don't trust a service such as this over a decent legal firm, you can find always a reliable solicitor / legal support in your neighborhood.
One problem with "reliable solicitors" is that it's entirely possible for their firm to go out of business too, with few, if any, repercussions for the proprietors. I'd prefer to trust something like a self-hosted Vaultwarden instance [1] with emergency access [2]. Maybe with redundancy even. [1] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden [2] https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/
biggest risk with a technology based solution for this is the person stops paying their hosting bill. I'd like to see this app open source the billing, so in case the person who runs the site disappears, the community can continue playing
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
One problem with "reliable solicitors" is that it's entirely possible for their firm to go out of business too, with few, if any, repercussions for the proprietors. I'd prefer to trust something like a self-hosted Vaultwarden instance [1] with emergency access [2]. Maybe with redundancy even. [1] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden [2] https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/
biggest risk with a technology based solution for this is the person stops paying their hosting bill. I'd like to see this app open source the billing, so in case the person who runs the site disappears, the community can continue playing
We are working with our hosting provider in order to inform the users in case the bad happens on our side and in order to provide 1 more year where the website and the emergency notes can still be accessible (but no emergency notes can be generated).
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#40random but this is probably a good use of blockchain tech. a smart contract that stores the notes and unlocks using a key that is given to a loved one. perfect for use case for a lasting note. only time this goes down is if the entire network goes down.
Yep, agree!