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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by jvanderbot on Sunday April 17, 2022 @06:19PM (#31065042)
Just send four trusted family members half of the passphrase in a sealed envelope and tell them what it's for. If your family has a lawyer or safe deposit box trusting that instead is a 1000x better option.
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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by Spooky23 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @09:06PM (#31066208)
Lawyer yes, safe deposit hell no.

Three reasons:

- Banks fubar safe deposit boxes all of the time, in a variety of ways.

- Once the bank figures out that you’re dead, it’s sealed without a court order.

- As you get older it’s more likely that you’ll screw up payments, lose keys or codes, etc.

Also, the attorney will advise your loved ones on what they can do. For example, you need a power of attorney for many things.

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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by TedDoesntTalk on Sunday April 17, 2022 @11:05PM (#31066890)
Never, ever use a safe deposit box at banks:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/safe-deposit-box...

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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by wintermutestwin on Monday April 18, 2022 @10:06AM (#31070771)
>Never, ever

Despite the issues, there are still valid uses for a safe deposit box. I live in a highly fire-prone area and keep a backup drive with family photos and documents in a safe deposit box in a local place that won't burn when I do.

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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by TedDoesntTalk on Monday April 18, 2022 @10:20AM (#31070987)
So long as you don’t expect the drive to be there when you retrieve it, sure. You should probably also encrypt any sensitive document on it. Here’s one example. Just one:

https://abc7news.com/archive/8973198/

Note the police are not classifying this as a criminal case (theft), but a civil case.

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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by npteljes on Monday April 18, 2022 @06:59AM (#31069252)
Can lawyers be trusted with this? Do they also properly manage their own death and other events? I don't have any experience and I'm genuinely curious how all this works.
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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by simonebrunozzi on Saturday April 23, 2022 @12:28PM (#31135710)
> - Banks fubar safe deposit boxes all of the time, in a variety of ways.

Which is why you need to put a tamper-proof box INSIDE a security box in a bank. Key to that box will be in your house, far away from bank personnel.

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Re:Assume your devices are compromised by jvanderbot on Sunday April 17, 2022 @09:44PM (#31066421)
excellent point!
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