Gone Man’s Switch is a simple web application that allows you to create messages that will be delivered by email when you are absent (gone) for a certain period, AKA a dead man’s switch.
It is a free self-hosted alternative to deadmansswitch.net. It doesn’t have as many features, but it does the job.
More info in the GitHub repo: https://github.com/jhonderson/gone-man-switch
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Aside from the obvious, what are the wider use cases for this type of app?
I’d set up something like that, to hand out the password to a (previously prepared) Keepass database, in case something happens to me. To have everything readily available for my loved ones, to aid with cleaning up after me.
Now you wont have the need to ask you Bro’s to clear your browser history anymore… set this up to auto delete everything. :D
I think if you are dead, you can stop caring about your browser history :D
How long should one configure the „absence“ time? I mean i dont want to click „I am alive“ daily. But also my Family would not want to wait half a year until they get access to our systems. Even 20days or so could be too small. Imagine you have an accident and are in the hospital „Intensivstation“ for this period. You are alive and will survive but cannot „check in“ and therefore the switch would fire
I know this is self hosted, but if you go away for a time, your infra will probably stop too, so this makes sense for a service rather than something you host.
I’ve thought about starting a service for this. Have the ability to send messages to different contacts through email, sms, or pre-recorded message.
I even thought about making a physical device that you could press, say every day, and it would send an API call to the service and realize you’re still alive.
Is this something that people would actually consider paying for?