Deadmanswitch or other electronic services are all fine and well, but what you're trying to do is add fault tolerance for a non-techie to access your stuff afte

Deadmanswitch or other electronic services are all fine and well, but what you're trying to do is add fault tolerance for a non-techie to access your stuff after you're dead. What happens if the hard drive crashes right after you're gone? Or the online service you swear by closes shop a few months later? Low-tech is the most reliable solution here. Print out key passwords, instructions, etc and store them with your will. You can include instructions in here about how to access stuff like Deadmanswitch, LastPass, etc, but for everyone's sanity, print out key passwords as well. Yes, this creates a security hole. You need to weigh that against the desire to ensure that your significant other can easily access this information in case of your demise. (If you want to make this a bit more foolproof, print out a simple ciphered version where you agree to replace one character with another (e.g. replace the last initial of your name with the first initial) but then again, if your significant other can figure out a simple cipher, they can probably handle the electronic systems...)