144 points

OP dies and leaves wife and kids

After 10 days the dead man switch protocol activates

Wife receives an encrypted email. She knows what to do.

Using the emergency flash drive she deciphers the message. It’s a link.

YouTube opens. Tears roll along with Rick. OP’s never giving up.

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🥱

Oh god, it’s so sad how the reddit comedians have already taken over.

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7 points

When you come across with that kind of humour in real life, would you call them reddit comedians?

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No, I just wouldn’t laugh.

It gets the point across.

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32 points

What a completely unecessary way to complicate your life. Inheritance stuff and wills should be left to your lawyers, not some easily compromised online service. As for the online accounts, who gives a fuck about accsessing them after I kick the bucket? It’s not like my grandchildren are going to wistfully read my lemmy shitposts.

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Just use a password manager and set a switch up there

Then (if you have a well structured password safe) you also give whoever you choose to give it to information about your bank accounts or insurance numbers that relatives might not be aware of

Going through all the books to figure out what’s relevant and what you have to care for is a huge pain.

I don’t know if I’d want my lawyer to spend hours (that I’d have to pay for) in order to get access to accounts that might be relevant.

Who knows what’s relevant in the end?

Sure if you’re saving the logins for porn inside your manager, too, then it’s going to be awkward but so is the old-school porn-box under the bed or the toys-drawer

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I don’t think lawyers are necessary for wills, and deadman switches have more uses than just last wishes.

Example: I take care of animals but live alone. If I die or become incapacitated, it would be nice to have an automated alert so my animals don’t die as well.

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28 points

Yeeeeeah….

I get the idea, but I’ll never trust the security of the services. Maybe to just say goodbye and stuff? But never to hand over account access, and never to include passwords.

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My dead man’s switch will do the opposite of what many people want and just flood everyone I know with my browser history and porn collection.

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21 points

Its the dead man’s switch that keeps you fighting till the very end

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4 points

Alpha move. Asserting dominance even from the grave.

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🤣

Funny joke!

lol!

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It’s called a sheet of paper with important information on it.

No need for anything fancy or some weird online thing, just stuff written down.

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My strategy too. I have a piece of paper with my bitwarden credentials (password and OTP code) and a list of important items like bank accounts, utilities on autopay, etc.

I review it with my spouse every year and update anything out of date.

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