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Re: Show HN: Deadman.io - a digital dead man's switch

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Post by m3ntat »

jimbobob wrote: post #3

Just curious... what do you see as the use cases for this service?

Well. If you happen to be going into a high-profile meeting with a mob boss and you happen to have incriminating documents about him, upload them to Deadman and hopefully you will get out alive. :)

More seriously, I think the core technology would be useful for elderly, people going on hikes into remote areas, etc.

Re: Show HN: Deadman.io - a digital dead man's switch

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Post by dominastrum »

jimbobob wrote: post #3

Just curious... what do you see as the use cases for this service?

I set it up to check an old email account I tend to forget about for months at a time (which can't auto-forward mail). I could set a calendar event, but I don't want to force myself to check it at exact intervals.

There's a web-hook switch which is intriguing, though I haven't come up with a good use case yet.

Re: Show HN: Deadman.io - a digital dead man's switch

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Post by mbrock »

"100% Secure/Durable." Okay, if you say so. Why should I trust this? Now I have to decide whether it's more likely that I get struck by lightning or you do. Well, you spent 17 whole hours on it...

Sorry, I don't mean to diss your thing, it's a nice idea. I'm just sick of all the exaggerated reliability claims of these startup projects. Maybe I'm crazy, but if you claim "100% durability" on something fairly important, you're taking on serious responsibility. What are the odds of this site working in three years? Three months?

Re: Show HN: Deadman.io - a digital dead man's switch

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Post by SoftwareMaven »

mbrock wrote: post #8

"100% Secure/Durable." Okay, if you say so. Why should I trust this? Now I have to decide whether it's more likely that I get struck by lightning or you do. Well, you spent 17 whole hours on it... Sorry, I don't mean to diss your thing, it's a nice idea. I'm just sick of all the exaggerated reliability claims of these startup projects. Maybe I'm crazy, but if you claim "100% durability" on something fairly important,…

You gain a lot by building on other services. When you build on S3, you get their protections. A little more effort and it can be quite durable.

But you never get 100%.

Re: Show HN: Deadman.io - a digital dead man's switch

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Post by m3ntat »

alex_h wrote: post #6

Users need a huge amount of trust to use a service like this. The notification about running on free quota and submitting bug reports does not engender this trust.

I totally agree. This isn't a "hey this is a service you should pay for" post, this is more of a "hey I built this in 17 hours at a hackathon, check it out".

If it ever does become a service for real I'll need to do some work to secure it, add features, etc.

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