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As we all know, privacy starts with security, which leads many people in this community to seek out secure services / software, some relentlessly so.

Then life happens, and suddenly you find yourself naked in a back alley in Hanoi (or if you already live in the region, you might instead find yourself naked in Santiago de Chile), stripped of all belongings and at best some vague recollection of an unusually good night. What is your strategy to regain access to what you need to get back home?

An no, the staff at the hotel does not recognize you.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Electronically, I'd be fucked.

My password manager sends a code to my email address as 2FA, the password to the email account is only in the password manager, all other accounts are tied to that email address, and the email hoster asks for info you put in during account creation for recovery, but I put in random bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At least it was a good night.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Realistically, I'd contact police and hope they'll be nice enough to eventually contact my country's embassy. There, I'd be able to identify myself via biometrics. When I get access to a phone, I could call my mom whose number I have memorized.
She has plenty of accessible funds to get me home.

There I can open the door with a hidden key, get new ID using my birth certificate, and with that, I can get back into my bank account, have new house keys made, order a new SIM card for my phone number, and that gets me back into half my accounts.