A solution for the "send email to relatives when I die" problem

Re:A solution for the "send email to relatives when I die" p... by chime on Monday November 24, 2008 @02:43PM (#375270)

> This method works because your mum is never going to go into conspiracy with your business partner to gain access to your information.

Unless your mom is Lucille Bluth.

I think a better way would be to have one person click 'Mark is dead' and it immediately sends an email to Mark saying 'Joe says you're dead.' If Mark doesnt' access the account within x days, then it sends further confirmation emails to Mom and business partner who also have to confirm that Mark is dead. If so, then it set 'Mark = dead' and opens the vaults as Mark configured.

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Re:A solution for the "send email to relatives when I die" p... by technoguyrob on Monday November 24, 2008 @08:22PM (#375797)

What if your business partner dies? I thought everyone needs to confirm you are dead? What if they are dead?

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Re:A solution for the "send email to relatives when I die" p... by Shamiq on Monday November 24, 2008 @07:33PM (#375746)

You would have to work on the packaging for the "Mark is dead" button and the "Is Mark dead?" email you'd be sending out.

Aside from that, this seems like a really elegant solution. Occam's razor.

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