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Engrave your secret key on a sheet of metal, then store that in a bank deposit box. Add a note for your heirs. Include the contents of the box in the will.
by Sevii 5y ago
Engrave your secret key on a sheet of metal, then store that in a bank deposit box. Add a note for your heirs. Include the contents of the box in the will.
- Trias11 5y agoGovernment bureaucrats are known to violate privacy and confiscating or arresting the contents of safety deposit boxes for political and other illegitimate reasons. Creditors, past spouses, tax authorities, frivolous lawsuits, courts, political opponents - when powerful enough can tap into your safety deposit box. Imagine the jackpot they’ll hit finding the magic words. Yet people keep suggesting safety deposit boxes as a great solution. Please stop.
- approxim8ion 5y agoCan you suggest better alternatives? I can't seem to think of any that will pass the metrics you laid down.
- wikibob 5y agoAttorney.
- approxim8ion 5y agoCan't be coerced into handing over information you leave them if it is involved in ongoing proceedings?
- wikibob 5y agoNo, not in the USA under normal circumstances. This is known as attorney-client privilege. They are required to maintain it even when you stop paying.
- approxim8ion 5y agoThanks, I didn't realize this could be considered privileged. Seems pretty airtight then
- Trias11 5y agoRight. Unless they decided to arrest or attack attorney for some fake cause that enables them to dig deeper.
- Trias11 5y ago- Split words in 3 groups - at least two groups are needed to assemble full phrase - spread each 1/3 in different entities - ex: lawyer, safe, relative - write a will authorizing kids access all 3 places
- approxim8ion 5y agoThanks for responding. I understand it's all about threat modelling but would this necessarily be too much of an issue for a government to gain access to? The will would still describe how to bring all the information together.
- Trias11 5y agoThe government doesn't necessarily need to know the location of each piece. Of course bank safety deposit box is an easy target, but it's easy to spread more pieces among lawyers, family, even friends, even without them knowing what it is.
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