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0 pointsalcazar17d ago0 comments

Working on...

- Portable Secret (https://alcazarsec.github.io/portable-secret/) - self-contained HTML files that decrypt in the browser.

- Dead Man's Switch (https://alcazarsec.com/deadmanswitch) - sends messages when you stop checking in.

- Flare (https://alcazarsec.com/) - silent alert when your device is accessed without authorization.

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happiness006717d ago

What's the long-term support plan for dead man's switch? What happens if for example you meet an untimely fate? It seems that you will need to support storing information on a years or decades time scale right off the bat.

I ask because I was recently thinking about how to preserve information for the future like this

alcazarOP17d ago

If we were to die as a company (unlikely), we would reach out to customers well in advance (think >1 year) and ask them to download their data so they could migrate to another provider.

This seems unlikely, however, since our infrastructure costs for the dead man's switch are covered by just a handful of subscriptions. Besides, we host it next to our other more profitable main product, so it gets free maintenance.

We are up for the challenge of making this last for many decades, though. It is a beautiful mission.

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