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by user_agent 1676 days ago
I'm sure you're going to find you niche @rmoon.

I'm not in your target group, since in a case of being threatened I’d rather write a quick and dirty dead man’s switch myself, nevertheless people less technical than me could benefit from the service.

An idea for you to consider: at least in Europe, in the last couple of years on the enterprise software market Emergency Notification Systems (mass notification, incident management, etc.) are a big thing. A lot of governments in the EU either already deployed an ENS system, or consider doing so (it might be the case that they are obliged to do so, IDK). I can see how a service like yours could complete an ENS for a gov org for instance by supplying an emergency passwords / sensitive data sharing in the time of crisis. Usually ENS systems don’t offer that capability – they’re only about re-setting an org structure after a disaster, etc. IMO sensitive data redistribution could be an important factor in a crisis situation, and from what I’ve seen almost no one on the client’s side think about it beforehand… They solely rely on software vendors to deliver everything. Do your research. ENS are needed in many places: military, gov agencies, corporations, police, border services, fire deps. (also take a dive into mobile devices management suites [MDM], since they’re often a part of ENS deployments) Good luck!

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Thank you!, I really appreciate your words. I know this service is not for the masses, I knew it from the beginning, but I wanted to bring it to reality because I am really convinced that it can be very useful to many people out there.

What you mention is part of the idea, not now it is only starting up, but ahead if I have any chance, I can think of Zoldy Clouds working independently, for those groups that you also mention. I already contacted two Certification companies here in Europe to have a Certificate from a 3rd party, this way fears about the service will still be there but not that much.