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This question is mainly for those that have family/friends depending on their self-hosted services/data. Does anyone have a plan for the worst case scenario in terms of data access/passwords/making sure your services are kept running if people depend on them? I know I sure don't, it's just a strange curiosity my brain thought up and I wondered if anyone else had considered this?

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[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

My will contains the master password for my keepass file, from there someone could theoretically handle everything.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 24 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is the origin of the phrase "where there's a will, there's a way".

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 6 points 7 hours ago

I uhh... I don't think that's right... But I also dont know enough about the idiom to prove you wrong...

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

It's the theoretically part that i haven't figured out. I know none of my family members would have any idea what to do with anything. I feel like All the Data will just be lost when i go... which is a huge issue as everything moves to digital.

[–] French75@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 hours ago

Test it. Seriously.

There are likely roadblocks you haven't seen. For example, it is increasingly true that login & password aren't good enough to access most commercial systems. So many businesses rely on active session cookies to determine identity, and if that's missing, they'll fallback to email or SMS based one-time passwords. And if they don't have access to your laptop or phone, it might be impossible for them to gain access.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You could make a document describing what each set of data is, if its useful to anyone but yourself, or if its safe to delete. You could offer suggestions of what to do with each set. I think of it as a treasure map that you leave behind. Maybe they will be interested in it, maybe they will pass it on to someone else.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

I actually started doing that. It's a living document, shared with others. It's the best solution I've come up with. Knowing whether or not I can convey enough info to make it usable and able to be followed for a less technical person like other family members drives my adoption of software/hardware solutions.

[–] androidul@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

that’s very smart