Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on September 11, 2021, 09:13:36 AM

Google must still be offering the "send in the future" service, which they could discontinue at any time

Who doesn't remember Inbox? Google is well known for "killing" products, even if they are loved and cherished by the community. I invite everyone to take a look of Google's Products Graveyard (you'll be surprised to what you'll find there)[1]. There are also some "services" that supposedly were created to be a digital bank of your life's digital belongings such as Lifebank - they give you a pen (+ software it seems) that will store every information that is related to you (offline) so that in case of an ill event someone close to you has easy access to it. Here's their main "service" offering as described in their website[2]:

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With LifeBank, you can centralise all your personal paperwork and information and take it with you anywhere you need. It’s not just for documents. Our helpful forms guide you in filling out passwords, important contacts like lawyers or accountants, and allow you to make notes on where family members can access things like your will.

You can even store information relating to your birth certificate, marriage certificate, home insurance records, passport scans, visa documentation — anything you can think of!

You can use their software to share specific folders with a trusted person and set up a time limit (for example) so that the person can access your files. Personally I don't see why anyone would pay for such a service when there are some tools that could basically do the same - To me a simple pen drive built with VeraCrypy would suffice. I often have this idea that if person A shares a life with person B and fully trust her/him, person A will reveal every detail to person B (and vice versa) so that in the event of a sudden death each person could access each other person belongings rather easily. Granted, in these times the so called "love" may be something that takes time to find, but if you do find yourself in such a relationship, why wouldn't you share with him/her, if you trust your life with them?

I've read stories about people making 2 or 3 metal plates and storing them in different places with different security measures only to be revealed upon their death and I guess that also sort of works for some. I can say for sure that from all the options available I would never trust a service that we don't know where will it be in 10 years nor we know if it doesn't remember to "delete" our account / block us from accessing it ...

[1]https://gcemetery.co/
[2]https://lifebanksystems.com/what-is-lifebank