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Yeah, you could lose control of some account and that would be pretty awkward if your Goodbye Farewell just plopped out when you went in to extend it another week but found out you’re sitting on a support ticket.

Or worse; I dunno get hit by a bus and be in the hospital, or perhaps arrested? Friends and family don’t know what happened to you and then your death announcement blares.

I think only people expecting their death to be likely in the next year should want to employ this however, and that probably changes things.





Solutions I've seen before allow you to set a backup person that gets contacted. So, like, maybe there's a weekly email you have to reply to. If you don't respond in a day, it texts you instead. After a set period of time it will reach out to your trusted contact who can confirm whether you're okay or not.



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