Ask HN: How you pass legacy to others?

I wouldn’t use it, simply because I would need to make a bet on this website existing for the rest of my life. Statistically, that’s unlikely.

Idea is great, however I probably have trust issues :)

As a tech person, I would probably create encrypted file on my family cloud drive with instructions, to be sure that I own the data and I know what happened there. On another hand, it requires some efforts (and also instructions for the family how it can be decrypted - the hardest part :D )

I do a yearly update of all important account details and passwords on a shared keepass. Then sit down annually to review it all.

Outside this i have encrypted drives and shared passwords on this

Also review wills and power of attorney every few years

There is no way I'd use a web site for this, partially because there is no guarantee the site will still be here in 2 years, much less 20+ years. But more importantly, I can store that info in any document online. I don't need a new web site for it. I can (and do) also store it with the attorney who holds my will. And my older family members have a printout in a file cabinet at their home where I know where to look.

Overall, this is not a tech problem. You are trying to use a web site to replace a communication gap with your family.

>> Have you ever thought about what happens if you suddenly stop breathing?

Yes.

>> How will your family know where your important information is stored?

All essential docs are in a cupboard. The family knows where it is. And it's easy enough to find if someone ended up having to search.

>> would like to know if you will use or not

I would not. I would need to create a place to instruct people on how to use it, how to find it, what passwords to use, and so on. That's more work, and objectively impossible for people to "find".

In other words, I wouldn't use the site because it doesn't solve a problem I have, and would create a problem I don't have. So it's not for me.

I wish you well in your endeavors though.

i ONCE had the same idea. but I didn't take action because of legal considerations - at least in NZ, such thing still requires legal process, not just a website.

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