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Re:Show HN: Passbox – Give access to your data only after yo... by mrdazm on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:42AM (#21344583)
And with lifetime pricing I don't like the idea of just keeping that money if someone churns. Maybe I'm just not enough of a hardened business person haha.

In your case with Bitwarden you're sharing access to your credentials and such with your wife right now, today, right?

With Passbox I'm looking to defer that access for data that makes sense. In my case I'm currently single and no one else has access to my iPhone but if I passed then maybe my mom or best friend should have that - as a hypothetical.

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Re:Show HN: Passbox – Give access to your data only after yo... by jaysh on Thursday October 24, 2019 @09:53AM (#21344665)
If you're sticking with recurring, you'll still need to keep the data for some time after the payments stop. The PR will be disastrous for you if someone passed away, and therefore the payments stop, and then all of their data is lost (worse: now imagine consequential financial loss from the loss of their data). I don't know whether you could be held liable for that or not.
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Re:Show HN: Passbox – Give access to your data only after yo... by mrdazm on Thursday October 24, 2019 @10:04AM (#21344773)
Coincidentally just addressed that here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21344759

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Re:Show HN: Passbox – Give access to your data only after yo... by giancarlostoro on Thursday October 24, 2019 @12:46PM (#21346369)
That is correct, and yeah I see what you're saying. For example if both me and my wife were to pass away I don't know who would be able to access our things.
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