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      <title><![CDATA[Website Lets You Send a Post-Rapture E-Mail to Friends 'Left Behind']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[For $40 a year, a new service promises to store your e-mail until six days after all Christians vanish from the face of the Earth, then send them to the nonbelievers in your...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[For $40 a year, a new service promises to store your e-mail until six days after all Christians vanish from the face of the Earth, then send them to the nonbelievers in your life.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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      <title><![CDATA[E-Mail After the Rapture]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It's easy to laugh at the You've Been Left Behind site, which purports to send automatic e-mails to your friends after the Rapture: The unsaved will be 'left behind' on earth to go through the...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's easy to laugh at the <a href="http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/index-3.html">You've Been Left Behind</a> site, which purports to send automatic e-mails to your friends after the Rapture:</p>

<blockquote>The unsaved will be 'left behind' on earth to go through the "tribulation period" after the "Rapture".... We have made it possible for you to send them a letter of love and a plea to receive Christ one last time. You will also be able to give them some help in living out their remaining time. In the encrypted portion of your account you can give them access to your banking, brokerage, hidden valuables, and powers of attorneys' (you won't be needing them any more, and the gift will drive home the message of love). There won't be any bodies, so probate court will take 7 years to clear your assets to your next of Kin. 7 years of course is all the time that will be left. So, basically the Government of the AntiChrist gets your stuff, unless you make it available in another way.</blockquote>

<p>But what if the creator of this site isn't as scrupulous as he implies he is?  What if he uses all of that account information, passwords, safe combinations, and whatever <i>before</i> any rapture?  And even if he is an honest true believer, this seems like a mighty juicy target for any would-be identity thief.</p>

<p>And -- if you're curious -- this is how the triggering mechanism <a href="http://www.youvebeenleftbehind.com/index-2.html">works</a>:</p>

<blockquote>We have set up a system to send documents by the email, to the addresses you provide, 6 days after the "Rapture" of the Church. This occurs when 3 of our 5 team members scattered around the U.S fail to log in over a 3 day period. Another 3 days are given to fail safe any false triggering of the system.</blockquote>

<p>The site claims that the data can be encrypted, but it looks like the encryption key is stored on the server with the data.</p><div class="feedflare">
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