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April 14, 2013 12:12 am PDT
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Google adds a "dead-man's switch" -- uses cases from torture-resistance to digital wills
Google's rolled out an "Inactive Account Manager" -- a dead-man's switch for your Google accounts. If you set it, Google will watch your account for protracted inactivity. After a set period, you can tell it to either squawk ("Email Amnesty International and tell them I'm in jail," or "Email my kids and tell them I'm [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/OQJfpsyB8is/story01.htm
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