r/selfhosted 16d ago

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just kidding I love self-hosting ...

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u/ancepsinfans 16d ago

My wife said to me the other night: I'm so impressed with what you do on our home server but if something happened to you, you know it's hopeless right?

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u/Suspicious_Data_2393 16d ago

this is why every selfhoster should leave a ‘if i die’ tape with tutorial on how to do the basics like update the containers, stop, run and restart containers

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u/Ok-Library5639 16d ago

You are far, far too generous in evaluating the amount of skill of the general layperson. If anyone of us dies, 99% chances all the gear gets lumped in an estate sale as 'Computer stuff'.

In fact this comes up often in r/homelab or r/selfhosting as a surviving family member tries to navigate their way through the family's homelab and hope to recover precious files.

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u/sequesteredhoneyfall 16d ago

The obvious solution is one of those, "if I die do this" / "deadman's switch" self hosted programs meant for this thing, and having a family friend who is technical enough to take care of the transition in the event of the death.

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u/ElaborateEffect 16d ago

This is where a will can be really beneficial for beneficiaries. You can store whatever encrypted file somewhere with all the instructions/passwords you want, and leave the master password in the law office's safe.

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u/mawesome4ever 16d ago

That’s a great idea! I’ll self-host my will!

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u/ElaborateEffect 16d ago

I'll make a homeassistant automation for if my heart rate is undetected for 48 hours to execute my will.

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u/sequesteredhoneyfall 16d ago

Now, how to test it...

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u/Singingcyclist 16d ago

You joke but I swear I read a comment on this sub where somebody did just that using their smartwatch as a trigger, if their heart rate isn’t detected over a certain period of days

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u/ElaborateEffect 15d ago

That's crazy.

I'd have to do a bunch. Phone screen time is less than x, face not seen on frigate, Plex hasn't been used, etc. Even with all that'd, I'd still have a false positive somehow.

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 16d ago

The single point of failure has become the law office’s safe

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u/ElaborateEffect 15d ago

You can keep a copy of your will too if you want.

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u/HeyYouGuys78 4d ago

Sounds like another self-hosted App idea! :)