Before you die...
Have you given any thought as to what you want to happen to your accounts, files, photos, and the rest of your online life once you’re gone? If the number of calls and requests I am getting for help on my national radio show is any indication, do it now while you’re thinking about it.
In life, it’s hard enough to keep it all secure. That’s why I continually focus on the ever-changing steps to keep you safe. Tap or click for five smartphone security steps to take now to keep hackers and scammers out... More here.
This is something few of us think about. We tend to make sure that our physical assets are covered, but not the digital stuff which is potentially more important.
The first time I thought about it was in January when I was in the hospital with Covid. I started writing down passwords etc for Jo so that she had everything and even then I wrote it on paper with a pen!
Is there some kind of mental block that makes us feel that digital stuff is not important enough to pass on and that if we pass it on digitally, which makes perfect sense, it is still somehow not real? It's really strange.