In a lot of movies people often say if I don’t type a password in then “the” files will be emailed, emails sent to journalists, or the site will go online, etc. exposing whoever it is they are in danger from or blackmailing.
I always thought it was a cool concept, and it probably isn’t hard for someone who knows what they’re doing to set up some script for that, but I was wondering if there was a self hosted app that you could set up that let you set timers, say for a day, and if a password isn’t entered to cancel it, it sends files to an email (maybe configured to hit all news outlets/journalists), deploys a website at a domain thats preconfigured/setup, tweets something, etc.
It’s called a dead man’s switch and there’s not really anything complicated about it.
The thing is, it’s so so simple I doubt anyone has made a full on app to do it.
Like, the people who do that stuff aren’t the type to require an app to do everything for them.
In a world of
left-pad, I’m sure someone has made an app for itMy immediate thought is a cron job that tests the user account’s last login time and fires a script if it is exceeded.
I’m almost positive outlook can be set up to do it on its own, I was just too lazy to Google how to set it up