alt Hacker NewsThe „X has died, please take action Y“ thing also only works if the service reliably knows that the account belongs to X. My executor can’t delete my HN account because he can’t prove it’s actually my account (without getting the password).
The „X has died, please take action Y“ thing also only works if the service reliably knows that the account belongs to X. My executor can’t delete my HN account because he can’t prove it’s actually my account (without getting the password).
Can it not be cryptographically proven?
Leave a public key in your HN bio.
And leave a matching private key and validation instructions in your will.
If the keys match along with a death certificate, then: The account owner is validated as being dead.