Deathswitch

For other uses, see Dead man's switch.

Deathswitch

URL	http://www.deathswitch.com
Slogan	Bridging Mortality
Owner	Information Immortality, LLC
Created by	David Eagleman
Launched	2006
Alexa rank	1,136,699 (November 2011[update])[1]
Current status	Active

Deathswitch is a website that allows users to store encrypted emails, to be sent out at the time of their death. This is determined by the user entering a password at preset intervals. If the password is not entered after several prompts, the emails are sent out to the indicated email recipients.

Creator

David Eagleman, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas.

Services

Basic

1 email, no attachments.^[2]

Paid

$20 per year, 30 e-mails with attachments (video, etc.)^[3]

References

1. ^ "Deathswitch.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/deathswitch.com. Retrieved 2011-11-02. 
2. ^ "Death Switch: Services Overview". http://www.deathswitch.com/. Retrieved 2009-03-18. 
3. ^ Stuart (March 14th, 2009). "Death Switch". DHADM. http://www.dhadm.com/content/tag/death-switch/. Retrieved 2009-03-18. 

External links

• David Eagleman (October 19, 2006). "A brief history of death switches". Nature (Nature) 443 (7113): 882. doi:10.1038/443882a. Archived from the original on 13 Jan 2008. http://www.deathswitch.com/deathswitch.pdf. 
• Svensson, Peter (March 16, 2009). "Death leaves online lives in limbo". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-03-16-death-online_N.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-18.