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by jyriand 3520 days ago
I'm constantly losing/breaking my credit/debit cards and forgetting about the services I have subscribed to. Usually I'm reminded by an email from a service telling me that they were unable to charge my credit card. Does it mean that next time it happens and i'm subscribed to your service everyone related will be notified of my death?

Edit: I read the description one more time and it seems that you send an email three times. But still I don't see how not answering email is a good way to determine that I'm dead.

2 comments

It really comes down to "we need to know you are around". Month is acceptable cycle, email or card it's up to you. The email assumes you are the only one with access to that email.
You will get 3 emails before it happens or you can use email only but then you will need to click on a link every month, whichever works for you.