CLUSTER DEAD-ENCRYPTED-MAN · 4 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-13
Dead man's switch services
This cluster comprises web apps and services that act as a dead man's switch, sending pre-encrypted messages to trusted contacts if the owner stops checking in. The dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as there are fewer than five dated entries before the index start, suggesting the cluster either predates the index or its members are undated. Among the members, 'departed' leads on traction based on activity signal, though all members currently show zero stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 4 unlabelled
Operator · 2 hobby · 1 indie · 1 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 4 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01departed0★1 mo—hobbyA dead man's switch service that emails a pre-encrypted archive to one trusted person if the owner stops responding to regular check-in emails.
- 02decentralized-dead-mans-switch0★1 moliveWeb app that creates a dead man's switch, letting users schedule encrypted messages to be released via blockchain if they stop checking in.
- 03lantern0★28 days—hobbySelf-hosted dead-man's switch that automatically shares chosen secrets with family members after owner inactivity.
- 04MFH0★2 mo—indieDead-man's-switch web app that lets users write encrypted messages for loved ones and schedules delivery if they stop checking in.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.