Time delayed note

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

Been searching for a way to make a time delayed note that is password protected. I have a lot of trepidation over using delayed email services, because I have seen several cases of people's writings being flagged by moderators on those sites, leading to police and ambulances getting called on them. That cannot happen to me when it is my time to go.

What I am looking for is something that will allow me to type a note, password protect it, then only have it accessible past a certain date/time, so that someone does not accidentally catch wind of what the document is and what it contains too soon. It might be easier to just code my own solution to this problem with Java script or something, but then the difficulty would lie in finding a place to test and host it as I am developing the application.

Where I live the police often seize people's suicide notes and keep them in evidence for many months while an inquest is ongoing. I find this whole process ridiculously unnecessary and an intrusive violation of privacy anyway, but I would really be haunting someone from the grave if they confiscated my last messages that are intended for specific individuals only. Kinda grim that this is an issue I'd have to worry about anyway, but planning suicide makes you feel like a wanted criminal who has to clear their tracks after a heist or something. I get paranoid even searching for airbnbs or hotels because I'm afraid someone will know what I'm up to.

 

[MidnightCat]

I did not know some delayed emails did that.

However, I don't really think they can get you in time...

There's always the possibility of sending a link to a google docs, that will not be flagged for revision.

 

[fuzzy-clown]

Gmail can send delayed e-mails. Maybe you can trust them over a delayed email service.
Info here: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/9214606

 

[wait.what]

Shit. Thanks for calling attention to this.

 

[YuckyDucky]

You can also schedule a text message on most smartphones. You can use that to direct someone to find you and/or a note at a predetermined time. On Android it is very easy in the Google Messages app. With an iPhone the process is a bit more complicated and the result less perfect but it is still possible. Basically you cannot schedule a one time text message on iPhone but you can schedule a recurring message. Biggest problem with that is until someone goes into your phone and cancels the recurring message or the service is shut off, the recipient will have your text sent to them repeatedly. Just google "scheduled text message *phone model*" and you should find instructions for how to do it. Just make sure your phone is fully charged and/or plugged in depending on how long a delay you want so it doesn't go dead before sending.

 

[ksp]

you can use a simple online encryption tool like this: https://encrypt-online.com

to encrypt your email:
- text: "test message"
- key: "xyz"
- result: "U2FsdGVkX1/V3aVXG+SaNtDPc5LNYKZXyag7NdvgfdI="

send your encrypted email message from one account; send another email containing the key, from another account
(the second email will also contain the url used for decryption)

both emails would be time delayed:

https://encrypt-online.com:

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(https://)encrypt-online.com/decrypt:

 

[HerculePoirot]

Email providers, in most cases, are able to check your stuff, even if password protected. Do not trust them for serious privacy.
Instead, use strong crypto. Protonmail, for example, offers scheduled emails with robust crypto (but probably only with a paid account):

How to schedule emails in Proton Mail | Proton Mail

Proton Mail lets you schedule emails to be sent at a later time. Just follow these steps.

proton.me

 

[Darkover]

you can use a simple online encryption tool like this: https://encrypt-online.com

to encrypt your email:
- text: "test message"
- key: "xyz"
- result: "U2FsdGVkX1/V3aVXG+SaNtDPc5LNYKZXyag7NdvgfdI="

send your encrypted email message from one account; send another email containing the key, from another account
(the second email will also contain the url used for decryption)

both emails would be time delayed:

https://encrypt-online.com:

View attachment 104445

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(https://)encrypt-online.com/decrypt:

View attachment 104446

this is the best way i can think of

 

[Forever Sleep]

I thought about using gmail but writting anything alarming as an attachment. Surely, they don't scan attachments do you think? Maybe Jpegs.

 

[Lonerzepam]

I've made a similar thread on this yesterday check it out
Thread 'Websites to send encrypted, private, self distructing messages' https://sanctioned-suicide.net/thre...ted-private-self-distructing-messages.108728/
After you've created the message you could easily send the link of the password protected, encrypted, self-destructive message time delayed via gmail or any mail service which allows you to send time delayed emails.
Hope I could help

 

[Somber]

Why don't you use an encrypted mail service like Protonmail? They can't afford to read your mails as privacy is their entire business model.

 

[HerculePoirot]

Why don't you use an encrypted mail service like Protonmail? They can't afford to read your mails as privacy is their entire business model.

See above.

 

[MidnightCat]

See above.

I mean.. maybe they can.

Which does not mean they would.

Let alone, flag it, trace it back to your location, call the police, ambulance...

And be found before ctb.

If the fear you have is loosing the note... you can always have a copy with you.

 

[Lonerzepam]

They can't

 

[Longman]

Maybe you can previously send your password to your future addressee in physical form (for example, write it on a certain page of a book given as a present, or hide a piece of paper with your password in some other thing, just make sure they won't get rid of this thing/present). This can be done any time before.

When needed, this password should be used to encrypt your note (ordinary archiver like zip/rar/7z can be used for this), and delayed email service should be used to send only encrypted note as file attachment and location of your password. That should not look suspicious for moderators of delayed email service (but if it is not enough, you can use one service to send encrypted note and another to send password location).

In that case, if your password is strong, nobody except your addressee can get the text of your note.

 

[Octavia]

A delayed email from a Protonmail account would be highly unlikely to be monitored for goodbye notes. The basic account for it is free, and would have ample storage space for farewell letters.