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It's called a dead man's switch and there's not really anything complicated about it.
The thing is, it's so so simple I doubt anyone has made a full on app to do it.
Like, the people who do that stuff aren't the type to require an app to do everything for them.
In a world of
left-pad, I'm sure someone has made an app for itMy immediate thought is a cron job that tests the user account's last login time and fires a script if it is exceeded.
I'm almost positive outlook can be set up to do it on its own, I was just too lazy to Google how to set it up