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How does your model account for the lack of trustworthiness of the establishment wrt citizen privacy? What guarantee do we have that the bank won't just yeet yo

How does your model account for the lack of trustworthiness of the establishment wrt citizen privacy? What guarantee do we have that the bank won't just yeet your lockbox? I'm not sure trusting social institutions is a good idea. History shows it will be used against you, before you die.

Terr_ 3y ago
You could encrypt the Stash of Secrets given to the legal-firm, with not-so-secret key known only to potential recipients. (Who you trust not to conspire with the firm prior to your death, etc.) However in a way that's just another form of option #2, where different parts must be brought together.
- zlg_codes 3y ago
  Ah, I hadn't thought of pulling a two-layer version of that... clever, and you can share keys only with people who are in the will or testament. I wonder if law firms or banks feel more safe holding onto things for people if they don't know their contents. I imagine it would reduce liability.
  - Terr_ 3y ago
    Aside from the 80/20 conventional measures I mentioned (beneficiaries, institution checklist) I'd probably go for: 1. Hire a law firm with instructions to deliver an envelope in the event if your death to your executor/SO/whatever. Or even just a trusted friend. 2. Proactively tell your family who that contact is, so that they can promptly request the letter if something happens. 3. In the letter, put a semi-permanent password you don't use for another purpose. Maybe toss in a copy of your will too. 4. Periodically upload a copy of your secret-stuff which was encrypted by that password onto something like a shared Google Drive folder or something just your family members already have access to. (As with all backups, don't assume your house outlives you.) This way you don't need to update the death-letter every time you change a password, and the law-firm/friend will have a key without a lock.

Terr_ 3y ago

You could encrypt the Stash of Secrets given to the legal-firm, with not-so-secret key known only to potential recipients. (Who you trust not to conspire with the firm prior to your death, etc.) However in a way that's just another form of option #2, where different parts must be brought together.

zlg_codes 3y ago
Ah, I hadn't thought of pulling a two-layer version of that... clever, and you can share keys only with people who are in the will or testament. I wonder if law firms or banks feel more safe holding onto things for people if they don't know their contents. I imagine it would reduce liability.
- Terr_ 3y ago
  Aside from the 80/20 conventional measures I mentioned (beneficiaries, institution checklist) I'd probably go for: 1. Hire a law firm with instructions to deliver an envelope in the event if your death to your executor/SO/whatever. Or even just a trusted friend. 2. Proactively tell your family who that contact is, so that they can promptly request the letter if something happens. 3. In the letter, put a semi-permanent password you don't use for another purpose. Maybe toss in a copy of your will too. 4. Periodically upload a copy of your secret-stuff which was encrypted by that password onto something like a shared Google Drive folder or something just your family members already have access to. (As with all backups, don't assume your house outlives you.) This way you don't need to update the death-letter every time you change a password, and the law-firm/friend will have a key without a lock.