Saturday, 16 June 2007

Deathswitch

Imagine that you die with computer passwords in your head, leaving coworkers without access to critical files. Imagine your loved ones cannot find your bank accounts, or that you die with a secret that you longed to reveal during your lifetime.

A deathswitch is an automated system that prompts you for your passwords on a regular schedule to make sure you are still alive. When you do not enter your passwords for some period of time, the computer deduces you are dead or critcally disabled, and your pre-scripted messages are automatically emailed to those named by you.

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