Enrichment · Passion Projects

Leave your family a map,
not a pile of passwords.

List each account, device and folder that matters, where the way in is kept, and whether it should be handed over, saved and closed, memorialized or deleted. The inventory points out the ones your family could be locked out of.

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Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Passion projects kit, $39 for 34 items.

My inventory

The worked example is a made-up household’s inventory: a photo cloud, main email, a social profile and two subscriptions. Everything saves on this device only; there is no place for passwords.

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What you get

Enrichment · Passion Projects$5

What you finish with
An inventory of accounts, devices and file collections, each with what is in it and what it is worth, where the login is kept, two-step login and recovery codes, what should happen and who handles it, notes for them and a five-point legacy checklist; counts by outcome; flags for logins kept only on a phone or nowhere; a printout to keep with your papers, a spreadsheet and an export file.
Who it is for
Adults and young adults putting their affairs in order, parents planning for their family, and older students helping a grandparent or parent list accounts.
Format
Browser inventory with any number of saved entries. Prints the whole inventory to file with your papers, one entry or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$5 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with the Caveat Academy pass and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Passion projects kit ($39) and the Enrichment Suite pass ($119), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Passion Projects space in Caveat Enrichment.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Add the accounts that matter most first: main email, phone, photos and money.
  2. Say where the way in is kept, never the password itself, and whether two-step login is on.
  3. Choose what should happen and who handles it, with any notes.
  4. Work through the legacy checklist, starting with the service’s own legacy setting.
  5. Print the inventory, keep it with your papers and tell the person you named where it is.

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What families run into

Four things that can happen to an accountEachaccountHand it overA named person gets accessPhotos, a domain, a shared driveDownload, then closeSave what matters firstEmail, documents, tax recordsMemorializeThe profile stays, frozenSocial mediaDeleteClose it and stop paymentsSubscriptions, shopping, gamesFour things that can happen to an accountHand it overA named person gets accessPhotos, a domain, a shared driveDownload, then closeSave what matters firstEmail, documents, tax recordsMemorializeThe profile stays, frozenSocial mediaDeleteClose it and stop paymentsSubscriptions, shopping, games
Which outcomes a service offers is up to the service. Its own legacy setting, where it has one, usually counts for more than a note in a drawer.

Why the email account matters most

Nearly every other account resets its password through email. A family that can reach the main email account can usually reach the rest; one that cannot often has to prove its authority to each company separately, which can take months.

Wishes and the law

Many services let you name someone ahead of time, such as a legacy contact or an inactive account manager. Who may see an account after a death also depends on the service’s terms and on the law where you live, including a uniform law most states have adopted for digital assets. For a will or estate plan, talk to an estate attorney; this inventory is the list they will ask for.

Sources

  1. Apple Support. How to add a Legacy Contact for your Apple Account (support.apple.com).
  2. Google Account Help. About Inactive Account Manager (support.google.com).
  3. Facebook Help Center. What is a legacy contact on Facebook and memorialized accounts (facebook.com/help).
  4. Uniform Law Commission. Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act, Revised (2015) (uniformlaws.org).

The worked example is made up. This inventory is a planning list, not legal advice or a will. Do not type passwords into it. Your inventory stays on this device until you print or export it; keep printouts somewhere safe. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.