23 Jul
2014
23 Jul
'14
10:44 p.m.
** john lewis <zen57162(a)zen.co.uk> [2014-07-20 22:16]:
On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:58:00 +0100
Adam Spiers <bitfolk(a)adamspiers.org> wrote:
** end quote [john lewis]
Taking over resources is probably the key thing. I'm not there yet, so hope not
to be knocked down by the proverbial bus any time soon, but the plan is to
document things properly. All my passwords are stored in a Keepass database, so
having a master password for that on a piece of paper in an envelope covers
that proplem. That would also give a list of all places I have an account
(well, all the recent ones, I'm sure there are some I've forgotten even now).
If I am incapacitated my family would likely have issues with email at some
point given I run my own server and if cards get canceled domains wouldn't be
renewed. I need to train the kids up to be able to work with my documentation!
There would also be the issue of data on my local server, although it would no
doubt soldier on for quite a while without issue being Linux (power cuts
willing).
Our parents, on the other hand, will have no problem at all, since they have
placed me in full control of their digital lives, from maintaining their PCs to
hosting their email.
OK, now I've got the urge to start writing a guide to how things work and where
to get help if needed!
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A related thread of discussion is: how many
people have actually
bothered to take care of their digital estate? Given that most people
only started using the internet regularly in the last 15-20 years, I
suspect that awareness of the issue is still worryingly low. A quick
informal poll of this list might be quite revealing: who here has
already taken care of this? Clearly I'm the first to confess that I
haven't ;-)
I would expect readers here to be far better organized in this respect
than the average non-technical person. So if most people here haven't
sorted it yet, everyone else is probably screwed ;-)
It is something I am a bit concerned about given that I will be 82 next
month. No one in my family has any Linux knowledge, or even knows
what data is stored where.
My wife, for example, knows that I have a model making workshop in the
attic but hasn't a clue how to dispose of the 'stuff' up there but
does have a friend who is also a 'model maker' so could get some
advice but when it but when it come to the genealogy database I set up
for her and her cousin which is hosted on Bitfolk along with my own
family database and a couple of related websites there is no one she
can fall back on in the same way.
My family members all use windows based computers but none of them are
in the least computer savvie.
I clearly need to set down on paper some info about how to find out
who/what I am subscribed to and who to contact, but I need to find
someone to take over maintaining the websites and databases if those
genealogy resources are not going to vanish into a computer
blackhole some time in the future :-(