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Is there a last resort, whistleblowing like app that requires a password on a timer? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 year ago by trillnsfw@lemmynsfw.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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In a lot of movies people often say if I don't type a password in then "the" files will be emailed, emails sent to journalists, or the site will go online, etc. exposing whoever it is they are in danger from or blackmailing.

I always thought it was a cool concept, and it probably isn't hard for someone who knows what they're doing to set up some script for that, but I was wondering if there was a self hosted app that you could set up that let you set timers, say for a day, and if a password isn't entered to cancel it, it sends files to an email (maybe configured to hit all news outlets/journalists), deploys a website at a domain thats preconfigured/setup, tweets something, etc.

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My immediate thought is a cron job that tests the user account's last login time and fires a script if it is exceeded.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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