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Hi all,

Working through some things like a Will (I am fine, just normal life planning), and debating on methods for digital management when I do die.

I run a lot of self-hosted services for family and friends, all on secured servers with ZFS and on/off site backups. Key ingredient is Vaultwarden for password management.

I'd like to put something in place so that encryption keys, some docs, and key passwords are released to a tech savvy friend. Anyone know of existing solutions for this?

Requirements of:

  • Not providing keys to a third-party beforehand
  • Not forgeable to open
  • If possible, no "weekly press a button"

I'm thinking some kind of key pair where my friend has the private key and the public key is provided to a family member, and when activated a timer starts where I could cancel the release.

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[โ€“] thelittleblackbird@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of you already have a will the most secure, proof idiot way I'd to add that key + instructions to the will. Get some lawyers on board for that and it will work.

If you still have concerns about having the full key on a single place, add a topt or second way of identification and distribute it between your heirs.

Sometime, the old fahion way is the best one by far.

[โ€“] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

I think this combined with the solution provided in this comment Will be the most robust approach and solve all your problems.

That's what I would do