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Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife

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Post by mohamedattahri »

Hey there HN – I'm Mohamed, CEO here at Posterity.

I've seen a lot of threads lately discussing how stuff can be transferred safely to significant others and spouses. A key aspect of that transfer is often timing, and the ability to only disclose information if and when necessary.

This is basically what Automations are about; web-hooks triggered in the event something happens, and which can serve as a reliable signal because we verify every death manually.

Today, it's available via IFTTT (https://ifttt.com/posterity), and we'll be launching standard HTTP web-hooks very soon as a follow up.

Hope you find this useful.

Show HN: Posterity Automations – Get things done from the afterlife
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Post by mohamedattahri »

hirundo wrote: post #4

I would like to pass along my master password and safe combination, but those would allow an attacker to help themselves to most of my estate. Is there a way to do that with your service that you feel includes sufficient security?

Check out https://posterity.life/planning/crypto-vault/

It's E2E encrypted, and can only be opened by whoever you made a recovery key for after your death.

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Post by nivenkos »

mohamedattahri wrote: post #7
taubek wrote: post #6

This is for USA only?

For the time being yes. It’s the only place where we know how to reliably verify someone’s death. What other country are you interested in?

The UK has a public register so should be easy if you want to expand.

Sweden too IIRC - and there the population register is public too so you can even confirm with the identity number.

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Post by calicocoa »

This is really interesting. The site is very beautiful! I'm curious: let's say I'm 30 years old. How can I be sure that 'posterity.life' will be around if I live a full and long life. A _lot_ can change in fifty years.

This seems like an obvious concern and I don't see it covered in your FAQ. This is not hypothetical. There are many similar (not identical) services that are no more. See SafeBeyond for one such example.

What do you say to folks who wonder about whether their lives will be longer than that of this site?

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Post by soco »

mohamedattahri wrote: post #7
taubek wrote: post #6

This is for USA only?

For the time being yes. It’s the only place where we know how to reliably verify someone’s death. What other country are you interested in?

In Germany the registrar of the birth place (or last address if born outside Germany) will be notified in case of death and can be asked. Your client would register his address, birth date and birth place with you anyway.
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