Comparing dead man’s switch services: the four shapes
Four different products wear the same label. What actually separates them, which one suits which problem, and where we sit, including what we are not.
Deadman switch
5 articles tagged Deadman switch.
My Signal Vault vs Google’s Inactive Account Manager
Google's free dead man's switch is better than most people realise. Exactly what it does, the six places it stops, and why we tell you to…
How My Signal Vault works: timers, encryption and delivery
A technical tour of the timer, the encryption, the delivery email, the audit log and the plans, including the limits we would rather you knew about…
How to choose a dead man’s switch service: 9 questions to ask first
The questions worth asking any deadman switch provider, the red flags to watch for, and our own answers to every one of them.
What is a dead man’s switch, and do you need one?
How a dead man switch works, who really uses one, when it is the wrong tool, and the single mistake that makes most of them fire…