Here's the nightmare scenario for anyone who uses a password manager, 2FA, and other modern online security tools.

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/06/ive-locked-myself-out-of-my-digital-life/

I've locked myself out of my digital life

Imagine… Last night, lightning struck our house and burned it down. I escaped wearing only my nightclothes. In an instant, everything was vaporised. Laptop? Cinders. Phone? Ashes. Home server? A smouldering wreck. Yubikey? A charred chunk of gristle. This presents something of a problem. In order to recover my digital life, I need to be able to log in to things. This means I need to know my u…

Terence Eden’s Blog
@Edent Thinking through the 3 risks at the end, I think the last risk is the most disastrous but least likely. The first 2 are more likely, but damage can be contained. A bad guy might be able to gain access to some of my accounts, even a credit card or bank account. But if I isolate accounts, there would be damage just not total. Personally, I lean more towards protecting against the first 2 and less 3rd, but that’s because I live a comfortable middle class lifestyle and devalue that 3rd risk.