It's not so much for recreating state, it's for giving them access to digital accounts. Mostly financial but also to social media.
The offline backups are of my own digital media, photos and videos. If Google deletes my Gmail I don't have an up to date backup, though that does seem like something it would be prudent to have. Not because I distrust Google or think the internet might implode. My threat model would be hackers getting access and locking me out, or some kind of mishap of my own making locking me out. -- Charles On Wed, Jul 30, 2025, 10:30 AM Yeddanapudi Radhika via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > As a paranoid non-techie I second Suresh's method. > > *Translator/Owner* > *AzulIndica Translations* > *North Vancouver BC, Canada* > > > > > > > El mié., 30 jul. 2025 7:15 a. m., Suresh Ramasubramanian via Silklist < > [email protected]> escribió: > >> Given this is going to be kept at a safe place in your house, and >> accessed by people that are not as technical as you are, I would just >> recommend the old fashioned “printout and keep it in a locked cabinet” >> method. >> >> *From: *Silklist <[email protected]> >> on behalf of Udhay Shankar N via Silklist <[email protected]> >> *Date: *Wednesday, 30 July 2025 at 7:09 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 4:28 AM Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Funny you should ask that. Just posted >> https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/07/29/DeGoogling >> >> Lots of intelligent sounding suggestions in the comments and especially >> on Mastodon, see https://cosocial.ca/@timbray >> >> >> One additional requirement, which is essential: my next-of-kin needs to >> be able to find it and use it easily should it be necessary. >> >> I try to schedule a session once a year to let my wife practise logging >> into my Bitwarden account - not necessarily a straightforward process, >> since it involves a strong password and a yubikey. And then navigate the UI >> to find the other passwords she might need. I also recommend this to >> everyone. >> >> Udhay >> >> -- >> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) >> >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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