A Digital Dead Man’s Switch for Important Filesautomatically, securely, and only to the people you chose.
A dead man’s switch is an automated trigger: you prove you’re okay on a schedule. Miss your check-ins, and emergency delivery starts. It’s like “just in case”… but with fewer sticky notes and panicked password guesses.
What is a dead man’s switch?
A digital dead man’s switch is an automated system that asks you to check in on a schedule. If you miss the required check-ins and do not respond during the recovery period, the system follows instructions you prepared in advance—such as notifying trusted contacts and releasing selected encrypted files.
Useful applications and important limits
Family and important documents
Deliver an account map, insurance details, property instructions, or directions to legal originals. Start with the emergency information checklist.
Passwords and account recovery
Provide protected recovery instructions without leaving a plain-text password list exposed. Read how to leave account access to family.
Cryptocurrency
Document wallets, custody, devices, and recovery paths carefully. A switch does not transfer legal ownership. Review what happens to crypto when an owner dies.
Estate and business continuity
A switch can deliver information, but it is not a will, power of attorney, or business succession agreement. Compare a dead man’s switch and a digital will.
Common failure cases
- A check-in schedule is too frequent for real life.
- Reminder messages go to an old address or spam folder.
- Recipients change roles but permissions are not updated.
- Instructions depend on a missing device or second factor.
- Files are outdated or lack enough context.
- A technical release plan is mistaken for legal authority.
Why people set this up
Because “I’ll tell them later” is not a real disaster plan.
Crypto + recovery
If someone needs seed phrases or recovery codes, they’ll have them.
Family continuity
Make sure your people can access what matters without chaos.
Unexpected events
Accidents happen. This handles the “what if” part automatically.
Trusted delivery
Choose exactly who gets access and under what conditions.
Privacy first
Your files stay encrypted and private until the trigger happens.
Fast activation
When triggered, secure links are delivered quickly.
How the trigger works
A simple schedule + a missed check-in = the start of delivery.
Pick a schedule
Daily, weekly, or monthly. You decide what “normal” looks like.
Check in quickly
Confirm you’re good. Takes seconds. (Your future self will thank you.)
Missed check-in triggers delivery
After your grace rules, contacts receive secure access.
No one gets access early
Your files stay encrypted and locked until your trigger rules say otherwise.
Set it once. Sleep better.
Start free. Add more storage anytime.
Want the storage side too? That’s the secure digital vault.