a 'deadman' switch would actually need to know someone was dead. which is usually an attorney reading a will.
a technological deadman switch without some conspiracy device injected into the body would be where someone has to access a certain device/email/phone and confirm they are still fine to not trigger it. where the lack of response is the technical trigger
in reality its usually having some 3rd party person being made responsible to release into under certain conditions.
and yea the next game is.. if maxwell was epsteins 'switch' she didnt out the high profile people at his death. because she decided to use that info to help herself avoid problems
and is now not saying anything in the hopes high profile people will step in and save her with a relaxed sentance/freedom
and knowing the greed and ego of people in those circles whomever is in maxwells circle as her switch. would probably not auto-release should she die/not get a relaxed sentance. but instead use the info for their own personal benefit.
thus a cycle of blackmail for benefits would keep going around rather than releasing info that can take a high profile person down
I mean a deadmans switch doesn't need to be that crazy. It could just be something that you have to go to and verify every x amount of days with a certain code to say that you're still alive. If you're not, it'll go off.
Or at least, something like that. I've never had the liberty of using one. Still alive over here, and not worth enough to have to use one or have one in use.
Crazily enough though Maxwell isn't dead yet. Still alive and kicking, at least to the best of our knowledge. Yet again we'll see what the future brings for Maxwell and their weird pedo island. Hopefully the truth comes out, but I don't think any of us expect much to happen.
Rich people, pedos, and transparency don't really go hand and hand.