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Death and the net: How to log off gracefully for the very last time

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Paul Keith:
I wouldn't be surprised if Deathswitch originated as a porn plot.

Then again, the porn plot could be in reference to something earlier too or Deathswitch could also be an early concept. (the site isn't loading for me right now and I can't verify the date)

All I know is that it's not that rare to encounter a superheroine blackmail story where a normal powered villain will hold control over a superheroine by claiming that he has pictures of her identity and at a regular scheduled interval, he needs to input a password every day or her identity will get sent out to all the major villains in whatever city she was in. (Often as insurance to keep the heroine from beating him up and sending them to jail or even murdering them.)

This was prior to the days where Tony Stark would reveal his identity in the movies or Spider-man in the comics.

Innuendo:
The one I'm thinking of was Arsware (freeware written by Ars Technica members) and it was called Dead Man's Switch.

Looks like the www.arsware.org web site has expired though...

OldElmerFudd:
I'm neither that organized nor important.

When I die, I think I'll just stop posting. 8)

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P.S. Good set of links. Seriously. :Thmbsup:

One anomaly however. When I tried LastMail's website I got this:
 (see attachment in previous post)

-40hz (June 08, 2010, 03:02 PM)
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I tend to agree. These are the kind of operations I can do without depending on clouds or webware. In fact, I've already done so; I gave my closest friend and beneficiary access to everything having to do with finances.

Well...I don't know if these are appropriate to the topic but I felt the theme needed some of these:

Apologies if these are inappropriate.
-Paul Keith (June 08, 2010, 03:13 PM)
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Love it! Thanks!

40hz:
Something funny just occurred to me.

Many people are very concerned with the issue of life after death. So much so that entire belief systems (salvation/reincarnation) and scientific research efforts (human cryogenics) have come into existence with the goal of increasing our chances for having one.

But when it comes to our digital personae, just as many people seem to want to do everything in their power to make sure their digital selves won't survive them.

 Odd...

daddydave:
I guess the service died before I did.

-MilesAhead (June 08, 2010, 03:24 PM)
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:lol:

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