Originally Posted by
rcsa
Can I suggest that this problem is best addressed by putting information that would be useful to surviving relatives (bank access codes etc) in one's Will; and at the same time, defining clearly there what is to be done with one's electronic/digital devices and data.
On your first advice, that is very sound. Your latter is impracticable.
By the time of the will of could be too late. Personal electronic items will have been impounded, seized, examined, or handed over to NOK. Once you are gone you have lost all control of such devices. If you wish to keep secret clandestine affairs, illegal or illicit photographs, private text messages, private phone numbers, the solution is simpler - DON'T