[dingnuts]

> while most Linux users are quite happy remembering long unique disk encryption passwords thanks very much.

Which brings something up: how do you get back in if you suffer a traumatic brain injury or something like that? I feel like a lot of software assumes the operator can do things like remember unique passwords for a long time.

Sure, I can do that NOW, but will I still be able to in my seventies?

[michaelt]

Well, you could write down your password and give it to a trusted friend, a lawyer, or whatever so people can get into your documents if the worst should ever happen.

Personally I choose not to do that. My girlfriend sent those nude photos to me, not to my heirs or the executor of my estate. It's impossible to "get back in" without the password, and that's how it's meant to be. Of course if you've got no sexy photos, and lots of treasured photos of your family growing up, you might feel differently!