Ask Slashdot: Dividing Digital Assets In Divorce?

An anonymous reader writes "I am a long time Slashdotter and currently find myself in the beginning of a divorce process. How have you dealt with dispersing of shared data, accounts and things online in such a situation? Domains, hosting, email, sensitive data backups and social media are just a few examples."

Shared data

[xlsior]

How have you dealt with dispersing of shared data

If only there were a way to make multiple copies of digital information...

Wow.

[grub]

That was the most round-about way ever of saying "My parents are throwing my 38 year old ass out of the basement."

Re:Blegh

[girlintraining]

I'm only saying this so that others may learn from your mistake.

So says Forever Alone guy! Yes, it's a mistake to trust anybody. By trust nobody you can ensure your heart remains perfectly safe and you, perfectly alone. This guy decided to take a risk, and yes, maybe in this one case it didn't work out for him, but at least he tries to have someone in his life who's last name isn't JPEG.

Re:Simple...

[petes_PoV]

You get all the 1's - she gets all the 0's

Re:Blegh

[LoudNoiseElitist]

This discussion is tiring. I'd like a pre-nap right now.

Re:I'm confused about the backups.

[Anonymous Coward]

Apparently, you've never seen a spy movie. Of course you can't! There's just the one disk and that's it!

Re:I'm confused about the backups.

[hal2814]

No! That's stealing! You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a policeman's helmet and go to the toilet in it... would you?

Re:Blegh

[chadenright]

It's not that hard, but somehow it's much less satisfying than burning paper copies. Plus there's the gasoline, and the smell...

Re:I'm confused about the backups.

[aix tom]

No, unless the previous night I was REALLY drunk.

"We're on a mining ship, three million years into deep space... can someone explain to me where the smeg I got this traffic cone?"

"Hey! It's not a good night unless you get a traffic cone! It's the police woman's helmet and the suspenders I don't understand!"

Re:I'm confused about the backups.

[Ced_Ex]

No.

Destroy everything leave nothing to your spouse. Divorces are never pretty.

Pyrrhic victory for the win!

Re:Blegh

[mr1911]

Simple solution here is to have separate backup files of separate data. How hard is it to set the routine to make a backup of "robs documents" and another of "debs documents"?

If my wife knew about Deb that would make the divorce inevitable and immediate.