I use 1Password for this purpose essentially and I’ve printed out backup codes and put it into an emergency box. One other problem is that the MFA every other site has now with SMS means that in a disaster recovery situation one will need access to the original phone number associated with an account when logging onto for the first time on a new machine. So this means a shared voice / SMS capable account is also necessary in conjunction with e-mail to avoid more complications. I realized with Apple’s system if I lost all my gear on a trip that nobody would be able to login to my Apple account because all my devices would have been lost.
Like any backup plan, unless it’s regularly tested it should be presumed to not be working
Apple just announced a couple new ways to handle this, coming this fall.
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/06/08/ios-15-legacy-contacts/
Can't you port the number to something like Twilio or Google Voice in the event you need to get SMSes to it? Or get a new SIM card with the number and toss it in an old phone.
Lots of these don't allow the use of VOIP-like numbers.
Bogleheads has a great thread on what goes in your Death Book.
Re:Always Be Quitting
by jethro_tell on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:16AM
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Get a password safe and put everything in it. Share the password or use a password manager with sharing.
I still probably need a technical executor for some of my encrypted stuff as that's a little more complex.
My wife asked me to write out on a piece of paper all of our bank, investment and insurance account names, numbers and passwords just in case I died during my last business trip.