You Need To Have A Digital Bugout Bag

Support independent research and analysis by joining my Patreon page: International Red Cross recommends that all persons have an emergency survival kit with multiday supplies of the most essential items. This is in case of any natural or man-made crisis resulting in a need for evacuation or a major disruption of day-to-day services. Part of this emergency kit is what I would call a digital bug out bag. It includes: • copies of personal documents • cell phone with chargers or extra batteries • family and emergency contact information Many if not all of these copies should be physical. But paper documents can easily get destroyed by floods, fire or collapse. They can be lost or stolen and in case of theft, your paper documents are not encrypted and they could be abused for fraud; which is the last thing you want to think about in a crisis. Having a secure digital backup gives you an additional fail safe if all else is lost. Hopefully you will never be in a