Page 18 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2025 APARTMENTS FOR RENT www.mastrocola.com How to Prepare Your Online Accounts Before You Die Dear Savvy Senior, I recently had an estate plan 1. On Dec. 19, 1997, what movie (a name referring to mythological giants) premiered? 2. Where are “pigs in blankets” traditional at Christmas dinner? 3. In what did Shakespeare write, “...winter tames man, woman, and beast...”? 4. What singer-songwriter wrote a song that is the name of a Canadian winter festival? 5. On Dec. 20, 1999, what was made an administrative region of China? 6. George C. Parker became known for selling NYC landmarks, mostly famously what? 7. On Dec. 21, 1879, what play (name of a toy) by Henrik Ibsen premiered in Copenhagen that has a Christmas tree delivered in Act One? 8. Which of these is not “Festus”: a Roman grammarian, a TV character or a holiday? 9. What group had the hit “Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel” (1976)? 10. What was sometimes called the “Great Emu War”? 11. On Dec. 22, 1917, what “Gene” host of “The Match Game” was born? 12. The 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” includes what Roman god’s name? 13. What exactly is Yuletide? 14. What seasonal Chuck Berry song was inspired by another song that was inspired by a poem in a department store’s promotional booklet? 15. What U.S. president’s mother was named Stanley Ann? 16. Dec. 24 is National Eggnog Day; what island has a traditional “eggnog” called coquito? 17. What is the last name of New York’s “Harold” born into wealth who created a trophy for the game of bridge? 18. What kind of large animal is still wild in Australia, China and Mongolia? 19. In the 1940s what popular landscape board game was created by a polio patient? 20. On Dec. 25, 1821, what founder of the American Red Cross, National First Aid Society and Missing Soldiers Offi ce was born in Oxford, Mass.? Answers drafted, including a will, power of attorney and advance directive, but I’m not sure what to do about all my online accounts — email, banking, and social media. What can I do to make sure my family can access what they need and protect my digital information after I’m gone. Almost 80 Dear Almost, In addition to creating an estate plan, you should also make a “digital will” that lists all your online accounts and login information. This will help your loved ones access your electronic devices and online accounts more easily so they can manage your electronic aff airs, according to your wishes, after you’re gone. Montana State University offers a Digital Assets Inventory Worksheet (see Montana. edu/estateplanning/digitalsssetsworksheet.pdf) to help you get started. Or consider purchasing a “password book” on Amazon for a few dollars. This will let you record and organize your online account information alphabetically. Here are a few other tips to help you prepare your digital life for your survivors. Apple: If you’re an iPhone, iPad or Mac user, you should nominate a “legacy contact” who can access your Apple account’s data after you die. This is a secure way to give trusted people access to photos, fi les and messages. To set it up you’ll need an Apple device with a fairly recent operating system. iPhones and iPads need iOS or iPadOS 15.2 and MacBooks need macOS Monterey 12.1. For iPhones, go to settings, tap Sign-in & Security and then Legacy Contact. You can name one or more people, and they don’t need an Apple ID or device. You’ll have to share an access key with your contact. It can be a digital version sent electronically, or you can print a copy or save it as a screenshot or PDF. Take note that there are some types of fi les you won’t be able to pass on — including digital rights-protected music, movies and passwords stored in Apple’s password manager. Legacy contacts can only access a deceased user’s account for three years before Apple deletes the account. Google: Google takes a different approach with its Inactive Account Manager (see Support.google.com/accounts/ answer/3036546), which allows you to share your data with someone if it notices that you’ve stopped using your account. When setting it up, you need to decide how long Google should wait — from three to 18 months — before considering your account inactive. Once that time is up, Google can notify up to 10 people. You can choose what types of data they can access — including emails, photos, calendar entries and YouTube videos. There’s also an option to automatically delete your account after three months of inactivity, so your contacts will have to download any data before that deadline. Facebook and Instagram: If you’re on Facebook or Instagram, both of which are owned by the parent company Meta, you can have your accounts either memorialized or deleted after you die if the companies get a valid request from a family member or friend. See Facebook. com/help/1111566045566400 or Help .Instagr am. com/264154560391256 for details. Meta also strongly recommends Facebook users add a legacy contact to look after your memorial accounts — see Facebook.com/ help/1070665206293088. Legacy contacts can do things like respond to new friend requests and update pinned posts, but they can’t read private messages or remove or alter previous posts. You can only choose one person, who also must have a Facebook account. Passwords: If you use a password manager — a service that creates, saves and manages passwords for all your online accounts — see if it has an emergency access feature. Some services, like Keeper, Bitwarden and NordPass, allow users to nominate one or more trusted contacts who can access your keys in case of an emergency or death. Send your questions or comments to questions@savvysenior.org, or to Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070. 1. “Titanic” (In Greek mythology, the Titans were a family of giants.) 2. Ireland and the United Kingdom (They are sausages wrapped in bacon.) 3. “The Taming of the Shrew” 4. Bob Dylan (“Winterlude”) 5. Macau 6. The Brooklyn Bridge (“If you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell to you”); he conned tourists and new immigrants and ended up in Sing Sing. 7. “A Doll’s House” 8. A new holiday (Sextus Pompeius Festus was a grammarian and Festus is a character on “Gunsmoke.” 9. Tavares 10. A 1931 Australian military operation to get rid of the birds, which were destroying crops 11. Gene Rayburn 12. Cupid 13. Christmastide: from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day (or longer in some churches) 14. “Run Rudolph Run” (“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was created by Robert May of Montgomery Ward; his relative Johnny Marks created a song from it.) 15. Barack Obama (She was Stanley Dunham’s only child.) 16. Puerto Rico (It has coconut.) 17. Vanderbilt 18. C a m e l ( O n e - humped ones [dromedaries] are in Australia.) 19. Candy Land 20. Clara Barton
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