You probably need another set of priorities here - What do you think your next of kin needs and must retain? Versus what do you think they couldn’t care less about?
I mean if you have the entire archive of a bunch of BBSes and linux-india and such that you were on decades back and want it retained as a valuable digital memorial, I am sure someone somewhere might want it, but your family might not care less. The same with albums, books and so on and forth. A lot of this would end up going to a used book store or just dumped in more than one case. Bank and credit card, utility such as gas / electricity and other accounts on the other hand, most definitely. The same with email and cellphone # just to receive OTPs. Nearly all of these have backup procedures involving nominees, signatures and similar that should be put in place, not just rely on a digital archive. From: Silklist <[email protected]> on behalf of Udhay Shankar N via Silklist <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, 30 July 2025 at 7:48 AM To: Intelligent conversation <[email protected]> Cc: Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Silk] A digital Plan B On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM Charles Haynes via Silklist <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: To me it sounds like digital preppers and I have no more "digital plan b" than I have a "bug out bag." However I do have off line backups of my important digital files, and my wife and I share a password manager. We have given a sealed envelope with the password manager password to a trusted relative to be opened in case we both die. Since I asked the original question, let me say that this would be a valid "plan B" to me, assuming this can be used to recreate state (to the extent this state is important to you or your next of kin). Udhay
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