Idea: dead man’s post
I am sure someone else had this idea before, too. But since I haven't read anything written by that someone, I'd like to get this idea.
In the movies and TV shows (in thrillers, e.g.), the protagonist will sometimes tell the villain that killing them won't help, because he sent a letter to his lawyer (or the media) instructing them to open it upon his death.
Well, today, I think there is an even better (and far less costly) method to do the same thing: dead man's blog post.
See, blogging softwares like Wordpress allows you to set the publication time. It can be in the future, and it can be in the past. Most of the times, I set it to "publish immediately". So you see where I am getting at.
I can write a post containing everything I want to get off my chest in the event of my death, set it to be published at some future date (say, a month or two weeks from now) and keep changing the publishing date to the future every few weeks or so. The moment you are unable to do that (either because you are dead or incapacitated), the post will be on a ticking clock to publication. (This idea, of course, will need improvements to counter various moves fascists can make to diffuse the time bomb, but I won't list it here.)
At the moment, I don't think I have any use for this (I don't have any sensitive information beyond my personal passwords and financial information; and I hope no one wants to kill me yet), but, oh well. Maybe some day.