01 / YOUR COMPUTER
Keep the content
- Encrypted accounts, notes, instructions, files and media
- Ordinary access with your master password
- Local encrypted backup and restoration
THE APPROACH
A local library. A separate arrangement.
Aeterna brings everyday safekeeping and delayed recovery together, with a clear boundary between your computer and the coordination service.
Three parts, with distinct responsibilities
02 / THE SERVICE
Coordinate the timing
- Verified email and registered devices
- Accepted activity, warnings and a grace period
- Contact invitations and delayed recovery authorization
03 / OFFLINE MATERIALS
Prepare the handover
- A usable local library or encrypted backup
- The emergency recovery code, kept offline
- Required computer or disk-access credentials
THE INACTIVITY TIMELINE
Time to notice. Time to respond.
The account’s configured timing is based on accepted activity from eligible devices. The diagram shows the sequence, not fixed durations.
- 01
Active
Privacy-minimized activity signals maintain the timeline without a manual check-in. Library content and raw input are not included.
- 02
Owner warning
The arrangement enters its warning window. The owner is warned before the inactivity deadline and final release.
- 03
Grace period
A further, nonzero grace period follows inactivity expiry. Accepted activity during warning or grace cancels the pending release.
- 04
Delayed release
Eligible, verified contacts can begin an authorized claim. A private target must first accept an invitation and verify their email.
Authorization is one part of recovery.
Recovery also needs the local content, offline recovery code and required computer access. The service cannot bypass the operating system, retrieve missing files or replace a lost recovery code. Released material that has already been copied cannot be remotely recalled.
What activity can tell you
Aeterna observes limited system activity and sends signed signals. It does not collect keystrokes, screen contents, browsing history, window titles or pointer positions. Accepted activity is a timing signal; it does not prove who is using a computer.