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Solution: use a password manager, and write down your key/password details on a piece of paper that you store in physical vault - the key to which you can instr
by r00fus 3y ago
Solution: use a password manager, and write down your key/password details on a piece of paper that you store in physical vault - the key to which you can instruct to provide via last will & testament.
- matt-attack 3y agoHow do you handle Multi factor? Even with my passwords you need my phone and sms typically to get into my accounts.
- silverquiet 3y agoWrite your phone's PIN on that paper. This is my plan as well.
- r00fus 3y ago1Password stores the MFA details as well. Your phone/email passwords and all can be stored in there as well. Since my parents are aging, we have a bit of experience with this process.
- whatamidoingyo 3y agoWhy in the world would I want anyone to dig through my private matters while I'm dead?
- r00fus 3y agoThen this entire thread is irrelevant for you. If you have stuff you want to keep private and not share with your family (e.g. diary, pr0n stash) then don't put it in your password manager.
- silverquiet 3y agoWhy would you care when you're dead?
- dazilcher 3y agoIf you don't care what happens after your death, then your accounts becoming inaccessible doesn't matter, and there is no reason to do anything at all.
- simonblack 3y agoMost of us think that way when we're young and/or have nothing. As you get older, build up assets, have a family, etc, you then realise that you have a choice: pass on what you have built to your wife, children, nephews, friends, etc or let the government have it all when it passes to 'general revenue'. Now that's your choice, pass it on to loved ones, or throw it away. Most of us would rather it went to the Retired Pussycats Home than let the government get its dirty hands on it. Without your Will, the government can take the lot. (That rarely happens, but it's a good possibility. You know: Admin Fees, Storage Fees, Consultants Fees, Legal Fees, Fees for this, Fees for that. Amazing how quickly all those little fees can add up.)
- silverquiet 3y agoI meant it more in the sense of who cares what people think of your private matters when you're dead; you certainly won't. That said, this comes off as a bit overly... Libertarian? I'm not particularly young and in fact do have assets. Perhaps more assets than most. I expect to have no need of them when I'm gone and don't particularly care what happens after that. I will write down a few passwords and general guidelines for whoever is left, but I figure they can do what they want at that point.