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1. evil-olive · 1789796481 · focus · HN ↗

   > If you don't log into the app for months

   > After 90 days of countdown, 21 days of warnings, and 14 days of grace, the envelope opens

   vs

   > it needs that company to still exist and be honest on the day it matters

   > there's no company in the middle

   which is it?

   there's no middleman, but also I need to log in to your app regularly to avoid being declared dead?

   1. skeledrew · 1789806568 · focus · HN ↗

      > I need to log in to your app regularly to avoid being declared dead?

      Technically, until we get to a point where we still have embedded "life signal" chips, there's no way to automatically detect that someone has died. Other than those who've actually seen a body, the best we have is "not seen - at Y - for a while".

      1. jpage2 · 1790011260 · focus · HN ↗

         Yes ty for making that point! And it's worth mentioning that the letters open not close whenever someone goes inactive rather than are closed forever.

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