Dying/death in the digital world

[Bad_azz]

& what can we do to protect against our assets disappearing into the ether...
I just read this article & though it does talk about cryptocurrencies, it can be applicable for a lot of things in our ever increasingly digital lives:



Let's face it most of us would probably want some sort of closure on our online presence.

 

[steveandpenny]

& what can we do to protect against our assets disappearing into the ether...
I just read this article & though it does talk about cryptocurrencies, it can be applicable for a lot of things in our ever increasingly digital lives:



Let's face it most of us would probably want some sort of closure on our online presence.

To tell the turth when I'm dead I don' care except for my wife who knows how to get everything I have. She already has my heart

 

[Bad_azz]

Doesn't hurt to double check through things & update them periodically though- most of us change passwords reasonably frequently, because we either forgot one or to make some account or other more secure.
Technology has a lot to answer for hahaha, gone are the good old days of just leaving a will & the bank acctount name & number.

 

[dafluff]

Yep, it is very important to maintain you affairs in order, even though you may not be planning on dying anytime soon. One bad habit in a lot of families is one of the spouses usually handles the majority of financials. If something happens to that spouse, it is very easy to miss an account or an asset somewhere. So occasionally they should update the other spouse on the financial situation of the family.

This is doubly more important for things like digital assets like crypto currency, where the only way to access them is your password. There are no banks or organizations you can walk in to retrieve this information.

 

[Davita]

To tell the turth when I'm dead I don' care except for my wife who knows how to get everything I have. *She already has my heart

I recently liquidated all my investments so my wife has easy access to cash as her family 'owns' (nominee) our two properties anyway. She also knows how to use those pesky security dongs to access our international joint bank accounts.

* Me too...In addition I called the hospital to bequeath all my other organs but on reviewing my age (80+) they suggested I contact a museum.....

 

[Zavia]

Well among other things, is having your list of acc and pw and keys written down, stored in a acid free controlled environment like say a safe deposit box in a good bank wrapped in the right plastic.

Don't mention this SDB to anyone. Then have that safe deposit box details in your will. Accessible only to you while alive and to the executor/receiving party when dead.

I have nothing serious enough to do that, but I thought about it before, its about the only way to do it without excessive costs and secrecy.

 

[Bad_azz]

Mine is about as unsafe as it gets without it being loaded in my phone hahaha... I really should do something- when I have something to do it with.

 

[steveandpenny]

Well among other things, is having your list of acc and pw and keys written down, stored in a acid free controlled environment like say a safe deposit box in a good bank wrapped in the right plastic.

Don't mention this SDB to anyone. Then have that safe deposit box details in your will. Accessible only to you while alive and to the executor/receiving party when dead.

I have nothing serious enough to do that, but I thought about it before, its about the only way to do it without excessive costs and secrecy.

Big problem with safey deposit box even with a will and power of attorney the bank will not let anyone have access to the box unless there name is on the safey deposit paperwork and their signature is on file. We just went thru this with bank of America. If you have it in your will it won' be released till it' all gone thru probate which can take months and months. So my advice before you act on this check it out fully with your bank and get it in writing.

 

[steveandpenny]

Mine is about as unsafe as it gets without it being loaded in my phone hahaha... I really should do something- when I have something to do it with.

I told my dog all my info ...I wanted to tell my wife but she said tell me later...beside my dog listens to me much better then my wife.

But really all of our accounts are joint accounts (Did that a long time ago) . Took a while but we each have our own passwords. We also have a code set up so on the few accounts that aren' joint or can' be joint we send each other a email with info that doesn' make any Seneca if you don' know code.

It helps because I'm stupid and have to look up password when I forget it and being in my email I don' have to be on my phone in case I lose it.

 

[vocalneal]

A mate died in Phuket some years ago. Never mind digital, his mates in Phuket had to de-porn his apartment before his relatives arrived from abroad.Including breaking into his small safe to dispose of his drug stash.

I told my dog all my info

I'm also a fan of Harry Redknapp.

:

 

[Zavia]

Big problem with safey deposit box even with a will and power of attorney the bank will not let anyone have access to the box unless there name is on the safey deposit paperwork and their signature is on file. We just went thru this with bank of America. If you have it in your will it won' be released till it' all gone thru probate which can take months and months. So my advice before you act on this check it out fully with your bank and get it in writing.

Depends on country I guess.

 

[steveandpenny]

Depends on country I guess.

I guess it does and that is why you need to talk to the bank you want a SDB in and get a full understanding on who, how and when that box can be accessed.