I'm very active on the Web, so I've been concerned about my "digital legacy" should something befall me. My solution doesn't address all the aspects they discuss in this article, but I figure the most important part is handing over the keys to my online identity to my loved ones. So what I'm doing is:
- Use a master password tool (Lastpass, in my case);
- Activate Google Inactive Account Manager;
- Wrote an email to loved ones that give them my master password 3 months after account inactivity.
That email is DAMN hard to write, though. I wanted to keep it factual, but it's near impossible when you consider how much that message will mean to loved ones. So I spent a few hours thinking about death and life, and did my clumsy best.
Very touching and troubling read.
I'm very active on the Web, so I've been concerned about my "digital legacy" should something befall me. My solution doesn't address all the aspects they discuss in this article, but I figure the most important part is handing over the keys to my online identity to my loved ones. So what I'm doing is:
- Use a master password tool (Lastpass, in my case); - Activate Google Inactive Account Manager; - Wrote an email to loved ones that give them my master password 3 months after account inactivity.
That email is DAMN hard to write, though. I wanted to keep it factual, but it's near impossible when you consider how much that message will mean to loved ones. So I spent a few hours thinking about death and life, and did my clumsy best.