Comments on: Death Switch – a good idea or a very bad idea?

By: Aoede

Aoede — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:45:52 +0000

It’s not just for passwords. And any person in their right mind wouldn’t put the password itself — as the company itself suggests, give hints that can only be deciphered by one person, or divide hints between two people so that they can only understand if they cooperate.

Doing this in paper would be risky as well; the company’s just providing automation. Only a fool would outright put passwords in.

By: Ricko

Ricko — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:34:58 +0000

So, “Death switch”. In the tried & true method of the “American Insurance Man”, it is virtually impossible to get a bottom-line cost figure. Was anyone able to get a QUOTE of price ?

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:03:53 +0000

How would it be fraud? She’d need money to pay for the funeral and to clear up my affairs. I would also want her to have my things. It isn’t fraud if it’s my express will that she should have it.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:56:48 +0000

“I have lots of passwords in my head and if I was hit by a bus tomorrow, my partner would have no idea how to access my email (with all my contacts), my Skype (with all my phone numbers) and my online banking (with all my wads of cash). So having a backup system like this would appear to be good.”

Wouldn’t that be fraud if, after your death, your significant other were to access your monies and clear it out?

By: Joseph A Nagy, Jr

Joseph A Nagy, Jr — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:40:05 +0000

This seems like a ludicrously bad idea. No, seriously. Aside from the privacy issues, I just don’t like the way they check to see if you’re alive. There are better ways and yes, a metal lockbox is definitely the preferred way to make sure your affairs are kept in order.

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:17:50 +0000

Jesus, I almost choked on my cup of tea reading your comment! I had this vision of him croaking and falling forward, his head hitting the button that sends out all the death emails to everyone! Ha! Ha! :-)

By: Sheamus

Sheamus — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:50:20 +0000

What if the guy at Death Switch dies? ;)

By: brandon

brandon — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:26:39 +0000

Well it WOULD be a good idea of it wasnt so easy for them to steal all your information.

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:49:51 +0000

Edit: Wow! Do people actually USE this?

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:47:24 +0000

Wow! Do people actually lose this. They almost deserve to have their money, identity, etc. stolen.

Hey, I have a great idea! Send me all your private information and I’ll read the obituaries everyday to see if your dead because I’ll get rich off of all your combined money and borrowing power and not have anything better to do. When you die, I’ll send some flowers to your widow(er).

By: Mark O'Neill

Mark O'Neill — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:18:00 +0000

I didn’t say I was using the service because I’m not. My “in case of my death” instructions are now in my metal lockbox. Seeing this website made me realise that I needed to get my affairs in order.

But no way would I entrust my affairs to a website like this.

By: Claudel

Claudel — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:09:14 +0000

hahahahahaahah! LMAO!

“my partner would have no idea how to access my email (with all my contacts), my Skype (with all my phone numbers) and my online banking (with all my wads of cash). So having a backup system like this would appear to be good.”

Can i be your Death Switch? it would more nice if you also have an offshore account full with $ and about noone than you knows about. Darn this is such a Legal Scam, ahahha but HEY! i bet if they use it first in USA, they would have like 1mil users on the release day, all waiting in a line very patient for a service like this.