Technically, I have some stuff for my tiny web business that I have shared with a friend I trust to rescue my clients if I die or am incapacitated. But as far as my personal digital stuff, I haven't made any preparations.
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No, though I do have a lot of homemade stuff (electronic music, games, game prototypes)..
Assuming I won't end up famous, it's probably just going to end up thrown away / deleted at some point. And that's fine I guess! I won't be around to miss my data 😛
not sure what that entails, don't much care about what happens to my stuff, so a strong no on all counts
in terms of "control of my social media accounts," no plans for those and expect them to just die with me without anyone getting in. if someone hacks my stuff that'd be weird but go ahead I guess, have fun. I'm not streamlining a process for friends and family to log into my accounts to make a death announcement like some people seem to do lol. if they can get into my computer or phone they can do it but it's all password locked, not sure how they'll bypass that
in terms of "images on my computer that people probably shouldn't see" I don't expect people to get into those but hey if you get into them while I'm alive that's your problem not mine. if I'm dead that's doubly so. they're clearly labelled so you know what you're getting into
in terms of "important financial assets" I figure there's probably a legal process for my relatives to access my bank account and such, though if I died today I don't know if it's worth the trouble of splitting up my $6 between a... show more
not sure what that entails, don't much care about what happens to my stuff, so a strong no on all counts
in terms of "control of my social media accounts," no plans for those and expect them to just die with me without anyone getting in. if someone hacks my stuff that'd be weird but go ahead I guess, have fun. I'm not streamlining a process for friends and family to log into my accounts to make a death announcement like some people seem to do lol. if they can get into my computer or phone they can do it but it's all password locked, not sure how they'll bypass that
in terms of "images on my computer that people probably shouldn't see" I don't expect people to get into those but hey if you get into them while I'm alive that's your problem not mine. if I'm dead that's doubly so. they're clearly labelled so you know what you're getting into
in terms of "important financial assets" I figure there's probably a legal process for my relatives to access my bank account and such, though if I died today I don't know if it's worth the trouble of splitting up my $6 between all of them. I don't have anything of financial value stored anywhere else that can be accessed digitally
I suppose the one thing I should do is keep a copy somewhere of all my art in a place where my friends can access it, if they so desire. everything will be gone one day but if my friends wanted to see my stuff after I've passed I'd feel bad if it was all behind a password on my laptop they can't get into or online on a server that went down when my corpse forgot to pay for it
not too bent out of shape about it as I know there's processes for recovering this stuff and my hard drive isn't encrypted or anything. just don't wanna make it harder than it needs to be
Strong no because things are just a bit too much in flux at the moment. I’m not sure I could keep such a thing sufficiently updated in my present circumstances.
was reminded about this during kast week when a colleague who passed away last spring had a anniversary on LinkedIn. There is also several friends on Facebook that bob about even though the passed away years ago.
I have arranged for my credentials be passed onto my wife or son, in that order, when and if i haven't been active in my accounts 40 days.
we started to plan back when I got what was likely SARS1. I thought it was the end. We update our plans every couple years. It's just good to make sure family won't have to worry about not being able to access things.
I guess I don't have a whole lot of digital stuff. Some fiction and poetry I've written, that's about it. I kind of doubt that anyone's going to be interested in saving that. I'm more concerned with how to dispose of my computers, since whoever will deal with that probably has no idea how much they're really worth.
Most of my digital stuff are contributions to Wikipedia, so that portion’s not going away. At least not quickly & cleanly. What happens to it then, I dunno.
For those of us with non-tangible digital assets that could hold value, the main question is whether our heirs or executor will take the significant steps to enable that to realize that value. I suspect that if I do not arrange buy-sell agreements with strong incentives and funding plans, then my digital assets will be fodder for vultures.
for the important stuff, yes. For things like online media, no. But I treat that as rentals anyway and if there's anything I really want to pass on I'll pirate it.
Having become a widower a few years back and having thought a lot about death and how messy it is for the survivors to sort through. So I have a plan in place for the few I trust to go through my digital footprint if needed.
most of my time not at work is either sharing important/beautiful experiences with my loved ones or preparing things to be around when I’m not. It’s pretty much the meaning of my life.
Dying in dignity is harder than most people think. Chances are, I'll be wearing a diaper when I die. Shame won't be very high in my list of priorities by then.
The idea of "Cool URI don't change" when one published things that are open-source and in use. Or writings online. Build them at the start as simple tech stack as possible. Photos archived but accessible to SO, siblings. Password manager and EMail account recovery. It's not that simple, but better eventually making it simplest as possible.
My grandfather passed away recently, an uncle lost his home by a fire. Events that makes it think about that.
Really, all I have is my wife having my password to my personal KeePass 2 formatted database. I need to leave her instructions on what to do with all those passwords.
whoof this is a great (and big) question. As the daughter of a wills&estates lawyer I feel woefully underprepared vs where I know I should be on this stuff
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• #Bitwarden Emergency Access: https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/
• #ProtonMail and #Proton services in general do not have a specific feature tailored to this, but I do have recovery information safely stored and available by other means.
I had set up #Facebook per their instructions, but I no longer see the option in my settings. I wonder what happened. https://facebook.com/help/991335594313139/
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•Assuming I won't end up famous, it's probably just going to end up thrown away / deleted at some point. And that's fine I guess! I won't be around to miss my data 😛
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•in terms of "control of my social media accounts," no plans for those and expect them to just die with me without anyone getting in. if someone hacks my stuff that'd be weird but go ahead I guess, have fun. I'm not streamlining a process for friends and family to log into my accounts to make a death announcement like some people seem to do lol. if they can get into my computer or phone they can do it but it's all password locked, not sure how they'll bypass that
in terms of "images on my computer that people probably shouldn't see" I don't expect people to get into those but hey if you get into them while I'm alive that's your problem not mine. if I'm dead that's doubly so. they're clearly labelled so you know what you're getting into
in terms of "important financial assets" I figure there's probably a legal process for my relatives to access my bank account and such, though if I died today I don't know if it's worth the trouble of splitting up my $6 between a... show more
in terms of "control of my social media accounts," no plans for those and expect them to just die with me without anyone getting in. if someone hacks my stuff that'd be weird but go ahead I guess, have fun. I'm not streamlining a process for friends and family to log into my accounts to make a death announcement like some people seem to do lol. if they can get into my computer or phone they can do it but it's all password locked, not sure how they'll bypass that
in terms of "images on my computer that people probably shouldn't see" I don't expect people to get into those but hey if you get into them while I'm alive that's your problem not mine. if I'm dead that's doubly so. they're clearly labelled so you know what you're getting into
in terms of "important financial assets" I figure there's probably a legal process for my relatives to access my bank account and such, though if I died today I don't know if it's worth the trouble of splitting up my $6 between all of them. I don't have anything of financial value stored anywhere else that can be accessed digitally
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•not too bent out of shape about it as I know there's processes for recovering this stuff and my hard drive isn't encrypted or anything. just don't wanna make it harder than it needs to be
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•I have arranged for my credentials be passed onto my wife or son, in that order, when and if i haven't been active in my accounts 40 days.
The "ping timeout procedure".
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•My grandfather passed away recently, an uncle lost his home by a fire. Events that makes it think about that.
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•Most of my GOG games are downloaded offline, same for music, shame there's no real legal option for Video.
Got a dead tree document with passwords for most important stuff (email, router, etc), though it does need updating.
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•I am a qualified no. I have filled out the various forms on the various services, but that's about 10% of all the stuff I have that I've made.
I'd like to figure out the best way to use https://archive.org/ to put my stuff up permanently. It feels like the best bet for the long term.
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•The answer is “yes” and that person doesn’t live under the same roof. But I haven’t exercised their retention of said access.
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