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[toomuchtodo]

Google and Apple support legacy contacts to facilitate transferring ownership of digital accounts. Life is easier for those you leave behind if you set that up now.

https://support.google.com/accounts/troubleshooter/6357590?h...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212360

[avereveard → toomuchtodo]

Wouldn't just adding each other partner or a few trusted relatives as recovery email work as well?

[toomuchtodo → avereveard]

The benefit of a legacy contact is more veracity when you present a death certificate. Not the same when you’re simply using recovery emails imho. It’s the digital equivalent of a beneficiary designation.