Hit by a bus? How to keep your family's digital life running 0 ▲ James Leighton 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments Do you manage email for your family? Do you run Home Assistant at home? What happens if you're no longer around to manage it? Will your family be able to cope or will they resent your "smart home"? Documenting all of this makes everyones life just that little bit easier when shit hits the fan. This topic might seem a bit morbid to you but I honestly do feel like it's one worth talking about. Passwords and two-factor authentication The biggest problem has to be passwords and two-factor authentication. Without these, no one can manage anything. For the big stuff they'll be able to send over documentation to take over and close accounts but that isn't possible for everything. Take a look at what options for emergency access your account has. Bitwarden, LastPass, and 1Password all have solutions for this. For OTP codes, you should have secure hard copies of all your secret keys in a safe or similar. I learnt this the hard way when I broke a phone and lost access to mine for a few weeks.… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.