After you die, your smartphone is the most valuable target for theft because it unlocks bank accounts, email, passwords, and subscriptions. Protect your digital assets by naming a tech-savvy executor, enabling legacy access on your phone, and keeping a master password inventory with clear instructions.
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You know, the biggest thief when you die is not the government, it's not somebody in your family, it's the phone company. And they're not stealing money, they're stealing access. Because the day you die, your phone becomes the key to everything. Your bank, your email, your passwords, your two-factor codes, your subscriptions. So here's how to beat the phone company, and this is the very minimum. First, you pick a digital executor and put that person in your documents for your estate plan. And don't pick somebody tech stupid, pick somebody tech smart. Number 2, you turn on your legacy access on your phone, whether it's an Apple phone or an Android. And number 3, you keep one master inventory, and that's where your passwords are stored and how your executor gets access. And if you comment the word free, I'll send you a checklist that gives you even more information on how to protect your digital life.