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Offer legacy contacts for deceased / inactive users
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- TypeScript
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Description
### What
We should offer a way for users to add "legacy contacts", or someone who gets access to a WordPress.com account when someone has become deceased or inactive after a certain amount of time. Both [Apple](https://digital-legacy.apple.com/) and [Google](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3036546) have similar systems in place.
### Why
There may be cases where users want to designate someone to have access to their account or site after they become inactive or deceased.
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### How
I would refer to Apple/Google to see how we can potentially implement a system.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Start by reviewing the Apple and Google legacy-contact references, then define the account-access rules, inactivity or death criteria, and completion requirements before locating the relevant implementation areas.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- authorization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100