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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by milesokeefe on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:13PM (#12961745)
After the final one hour warning, it should call you and if you pick up, the alarm cancels. So a final step that's not passive and only requires picking up the phone instead of opening the texting app and clicking a link. Also helps if you're somewhere where you have SMS/calling but no data. Although in that case, being able to reply "I no ded" would be more reliable.
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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by rhizome on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @06:32PM (#12963285)
In which case your murderer answers the call.
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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by r00fus on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:21AM (#12964722)
Would it be much harder to process a tone-based password prompt?

So you receive a call and it just beeps on says "enter passcode" and you enter the code. Though to be honest it's highly unlikely that will the hypothetical murderer would pick up a phone call unless they were expecting it...

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Re:Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud ... by mk4p on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @02:22PM (#12970458)
Interesting idea -- thanks for the suggestion
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