NOTICE: This version will be obsoleted soon. If you're creating a new account, please do it at http://beta.deadmansswitch.net/ instead. If you already have an account, please move your messages there, it will have more features (including configurable email intervals). Thanks!
There are two ways to join Dead Man's Switch. Either with an OpenID (you can get one here if you don't already have one), or the old-fashioned way, with a username and password. Only enter information for the way you want to use.