But you could just program it to wait longer, it depends on what you are expecting. You could have it require a signal every 6 months, or year, or five years, or ten. Of course then you run into the challenge of making sure it is still available.
You can't actually program something to wait until your death unless you are wearing something that can monitor your vitals (which is its own problem), so requiring a signal that only you know as a sign of life is the next best thing.
Imagine how you would create a dead man's switch that you did not ever have to do anything with - no reset, no service payment, nothing - for 10 years at a time and would spill the beans a week after you'd been killed.
Other than software, the best way to do that is a person you trust.
You can't actually program something to wait until your death unless you are wearing something that can monitor your vitals
You and I can't because we're not famous.
McAfee just needs a bot that searches Google News for "McAfee suicide" and some threshold. In a sense you could say that all reporters are the 'switch' part of the deadman's switch.
But you could just program it to wait longer, it depends on what you are expecting. You could have it require a signal every 6 months, or year, or five years, or ten. Of course then you run into the challenge of making sure it is still available.
You can't actually program something to wait until your death unless you are wearing something that can monitor your vitals (which is its own problem), so requiring a signal that only you know as a sign of life is the next best thing.
Other than software, the best way to do that is a person you trust.
You and I can't because we're not famous.
McAfee just needs a bot that searches Google News for "McAfee suicide" and some threshold. In a sense you could say that all reporters are the 'switch' part of the deadman's switch.
You could, but then you better hope no one else with the name McAfee ever kills themselves.