What to put in a letter of instruction
A will says who gets what. A letter of instruction says what to actually do on Monday morning. Here is what belongs in one and how to write it.
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Plain writing on digital legacy, password manager inheritance, crypto handoffs, and calm contingency plans. No legal advice, no scare tactics.
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How to leave a seed phrase to your family without giving it away today
Every crypto inheritance plan has to solve the same contradiction. Your heirs need the seed eventually and must not have it now. Here are the approaches that work and the ones that quietly fail.
5 min readGoogle Inactive Account Manager, and where it stops
How to set up Google Inactive Account Manager, pick a timeout that will not fire by accident, and see what it still cannot do for your family.
4 min readThe digital estate checklist
A calm list of what is worth leaving before someone else has to find it. Runs in your browser. No account required.
5 min readHow a dead man's switch actually works
The mechanism is simple. The design decisions around it are where every implementation succeeds or fails. A plain explanation of check-ins, waiting periods, and false positives.
6 min readHow Bitwarden emergency access works, and where it stops
How Bitwarden emergency access works: View vs Takeover, waiting periods, and who needs a Bitwarden account. Plus the four things it leaves to you.
4 min readApple Legacy Contact, and the one thing it leaves out
Apple's Legacy Contact gives your family a real path into your iCloud data after a death certificate. It also excludes the single most useful thing in your account: Keychain passwords.
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