Deathswitch

Deathswitch
Owner Information Immortality, LLC
Created by David Eagleman
Website http://www.deathswitch.com
Alexa rank Positive decrease 1,043,319 (April 2014)[1]
Launched 2006
Current status Closed

Deathswitch was a website that allowed users to store encrypted emails, to be sent out at the time of their death. This was determined by the user entering a password at preset intervals. If the password was not entered after several prompts, the emails would be sent out to the indicated email recipients. The service announced its shutdown on October 22, 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Deathswitch.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  • David Eagleman (October 19, 2006). "A brief history of death switches" (PDF). Nature. Nature. 443 (7113): 882. doi:10.1038/443882a. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 Jan 2008.
  • Svensson, Peter (March 16, 2009). "Death leaves online lives in limbo". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-03-18.


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