On 2013-11-09 23:22:47 +0000, Nick Maclaren said:

In article ,
Sacha wrote:

I was talking to our plumber a few weeks ago. He told us of the sudden
death of a colleague's wife. She ran all their personal and business
affairs from their computer and he had no idea of any passwords. For
weeks he was completely stymied. Our plumber said he was in exactly
the same position. His wife does all their office work and he has
absolutely no knowledge of it. I told him that when my ex-husband
died, very suddenly, his widow and my children had the helluva job
getting into his computer as did the techie they employed. Because of
this, one of my children had recommended to me that I listed all my
passwords and attached that to the copy of my will kept in our safe.
Sounds a good idea to me.

Yes. A very good idea.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Talking to a former urgler about this today, we discussed the fact that
some companies have now changed the id system. At one time it was "what
is your mother's maiden name". I can't speak for other countries but
for UK that has to be the worst kind of security. Anyone with access
to e.g. Ancestry plus your surname can get that in about 5 minutes. If
that IS the id question you have to give, lie. Give a name that has
nothing to do with you but be sure you remember it.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk