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Dead Mans switch

  • 22-06-2002 3:38pm
    #1
    ykt0di9url7bc3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,155 ✭✭✭


    Dead Man's Switch
    from arsware.org
    Whatever gets your attention. Anyway, there was a thread last week about what would happen if one of us were to shuffle off to that Great Motherboard in the Sky. Software which would act as a proverbial "Dead Man's Switch" came up, which is basically a system that, if not reset by a given time, will automatically carry out a series of tasks, such as posting messages to websites like Ars, sending e-mails to loved ones (or hated ones), and encrypting or destroying sensitive files (*cough* pr0n *cough*). Interest was expressed for the creation of such software, and well, here it is.


    info page


    a good idea?


Comments

  • #2
    Nietzschean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,314 ✭✭✭Nietzschean


    i think it is actually...but wouldn't it better to have the yoke like the thing from the film spawn? when yer heart stop's beating it carries out all the actions...........relying on a timer could be a bit dodgy......


  • #3
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    Its been done on *NIX systems b4 loads of times... I know of servers where sombody had to login in once a day and update the time stamp on a specfic file or it woud "rm -rf" everything


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