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Re:Ask HN: How will you manage your digital assets when you ... by magic_beans on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @04:13PM (#16532156)
"I love re-reading notebooks from elementary school not for the content, but for the little scribblings I did in the margins."

But when you're dead, there's no guarantee your descendants or next of kin will have any interest whatsoever in the minutia of your digital life.

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Re:Ask HN: How will you manage your digital assets when you ... by zimpenfish on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @07:36AM (#16535938)
> there's no guarantee your descendants or next of kin will have any interest whatsoever in the minutia of your digital life.

Easy to fix - leave a note telling them you have huge wealth hidden away and the only way to find is it to solve the puzzles sprinkled throughout the minutia of your digital life.

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Re:Ask HN: How will you manage your digital assets when you ... by EADGBE on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @09:32AM (#16536588)
The worst kind of betrayal is the kind you inflict after your own death.
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