Digital Assets and Passwords: What to Prepare

A large part of our lives now lives online: photos, messages, documents, finances, subscriptions. If something happens to a person, their family often cannot even access the family photos — because they do not have the passwords. Preparing your digital assets makes these situations far easier for the people you love.

What digital assets are

• Email and social media accounts
• Photos and videos in cloud storage
• Banking apps, wallets and subscriptions
• Work and personal documents
• Websites, domains and digital purchases

Why losing access is a risk

Without passwords and clear instructions, loved ones can permanently lose access to precious memories and struggle with practical matters. Recovering such access is often slow or simply impossible — which is why it is worth preparing in advance.

How to make a list

• Write down the key accounts and services you use
• Note what is important to keep and what can be closed
• Add short instructions for what to do with each
• Mark separately where family photos and documents are kept

Security: how not to put yourself at risk

Never store passwords in plain text in emails or notes left in the open. Use a password manager, and leave your loved ones clear instructions on how to gain access at the right moment — kept separately from the passwords themselves. The key principle: the information should be reachable for your family yet protected from strangers.

Who to entrust it to, and when

Choose a trusted person to receive this guidance, and the moment it should happen. With Dlya Ridnyh you can prepare these instructions alongside your personal messages and choose who receives them and when — privately, under your control, and never automatically.