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Whoops, thanks for that, will fix. The service is pretty old, but I'm still surprised I didn't add the CSRF fix on one of the rewrites.

That said, tens of thousands of users apparently have a use for this. I'd imagine it's mostly "last goodbyes" type of stuff, also many users email me saying they want something to send "something happened to me, please come so my dog won't starve".

"Millionaire with assets" and "Ed Snowden" aren't the only two possibilities.

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> "last goodbyes" ... "Millionaire with assets" and "Ed Snowden" aren't the only two possibilities.

Suicidal tendencies, then? While you are applying the "fix" may want to add a link to suicide prevention resources.

>Suicidal tendencies, then?

No, it might surprise you to learn that all humans eventually die. Some of them even have families they want to send 'death-bed' notes to.

> No, it might surprise you to learn that all humans eventually die.

This seems uselessly snarky, especially since StavrosK (who I assume is the developer, based on other posts) gave a polite and snark-free response already:

> That's actually probably a good idea, I will add that, thanks.

(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12630400).

It's okay, I don't mind. I've added the notice, too, and am fixing the CSRF problem now.

That's actually probably a good idea, I will add that, thanks.

EDIT: Added!

Thank you! I'll delete my OP. [edit: well aparently can't anymore].

How many emails have been triggered thus far with the service? And does it feel kind of weird seeing that data and knowing that you're pretty much being notified of people's deaths (at least if used as intended)?

The vast majority should be testing emails. I don't have data on it, but everyone who emails me is testing the service, so I expect very few actual deaths compared to the test emails every new user adds.

Wouldn't the dog have trouble waiting out the ~70 day delay? It seems pretty hard to make it timely but not overzealous. It seems like this would work better as a mobile app that can pick up more signals that life may have ceased.

No, if you buy the upgrade you can set whatever intervals you want, so people will do 2 days.

CSRF problem fixed!

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