Guides for the paperwork families put off
Plain and practical, written for the moment you are in. Nothing to sign up for. Start where you are: after a loss, getting prepared, or choosing where it all lives.
After a loss
The first days and weeks when someone has died, and what can safely wait.
Getting prepared
What to gather now, while it is calm, so your family is never left hunting.
Choosing a system
How the options compare, and what to look for before you trust one with your records.
- How to Verify End-to-End Encryption Yourself Start here MyLifePapers encrypts your records with a key created on your device. You don't have to take that on faith. Here are four tests you can run yourself to verify it, and an honest account of what you can't.
- End-to-end encryption, explained plainly Start here What end-to-end encryption really means, why "bank-grade" and "military-grade" answer a different question, and how to tell who can actually read your data.
When you want it all in one place your family can reach, that is what MyLifePapers is for.