Trust Law

See also your SSN estate trust.

Trustee/Fiduciary Sometimes the trustee game controller is easier to use than one might assume. Secure trusts require authentication before a trustee is able to act. The typical authentication is when a trustee identifies themself as a trustee and shows documentation from the trust listing them as a trustee. When the trusteeship game controller isn't secured, anyone can pick it up and control the trustee player. More examples: we consider the user to be the one with the controller, without needing to know if one has permission. We consider the driver to be the one in the drivers seat controlling the steering wheel and pedals, regardless of who owns the car. If it was a race car or an airplane, we might start to separate the driver/pilot from random people who sit in the seat and act like the driver/pilot.

Insecure Trusts don't have locks barring people from acting as trustee. Anyone who can pass the Turing test and knows how to act as trustee, can do so.

Secure Trusts restrict access to the trusteeship game controller. Trustees must login, open the lock, prove their eligibility to act, enter the secret code, say "Open Sesame" then show their papers. Trust documents determine who can act as trustee. Without trust documents, the trust must somehow communicate to the trustees and the world, who can be a trustee.

Social Security Number and the trust created by the Social Security Administration in connection with the SSN: Anyone who asks for your SSN is acting as a trustee. You should never ask yourself for your SSN, and you should only act as the Beneficiary to the SSN trust. Your SSN trust might have a name off either XXX-XX-XXXX or FIRST MIDDLE LAST.