Access to my passwords if I die

Although it seems to have nothing to do with it, the title of this entry comes from a conversation a few days ago about Homekit and Homeridge with my running partner Antonio. I know you don’t know Antonio. yetBut soon it will be formally presented around here because it is another fanboy that is crazy of home and home automation. The point is, the other day we were laughing, thinking that If one of us suddenly dies (which we should not rule out because we were running at that time above our possibilities), We were going to deal pretty much with all the automations.

that there is at home and that no one could have access to, so we conclude that you have to give access to my passwords if I die.

The Security of Password Managers

No one likes to talk about death, but as we have already commented, I have my passwords in a password manager. to which only I have access with a password the milk difficult and double authentication factor. Although my wife or my brother or I knew the password was not going to pod.

er access the service to recover others such as those of the banks, my Apple ID to manage HomeKit and the automations or the password of Endesa to change the name of the light receipt.

Of course. To die would be enough work for the family as not being able to do all these procedures in a comfortable way or not being able to change the temperature at which the boiler is activated or not being able to sell the 0.000001 Bitcoins I have on my personal wallet. I’m not saying close anymore. my Strava account, which would be desirable so that it doesn’t look like I’m inactive if not that I’ve retired at the summit… but that’s already menudences that would be settled little by little.

Thank God (never better said) all this is already solved but we rarely repair it until we see ourselves in need.

LastPass

As you know and have already commented, I use LastPass as password manager. LastPass has an ‘Emergency Access’ to which you can assign for these things. With your consent, of course. That Emergency Contact can’t access your passwords unless something happens to you, it’s not like you’re just giving her access to your account. At that time, if you request access to your passwords, LastPass will contact you on all the routes you know, the email and the mobile phone through text and call messages. If he can’t make it with you

In a configurable time that I have in 21 days, they understand it’s because you can’t answer (D.E.P) and give your account access to Emergency Contact.

It is not necessary to say that the Emergency Access cannot be configured lightly If not, we risk that you will request access by taking advantage of the fact that we are on vacation in the Bahamas without access to the mobile phone and that we are misused by the PayPal account whose password I have saved in LastPass.

It’s no use putting the couple, because (God forbid) something can happen to you going together.… and then to the joint you, your Emergency Contact and your passwords, no one can access all that data. Of course. the banks consider this possibility and if you carry the part of death signed to notary and the corresponding authorization of a judge, your heirs can get access to the bank account, but it will not be an easy procedure… and of course forget about the €19 you’re invested in Bitcoin after the fall these days.

In my case I have set up 2 friends, a friend from Valencia who has already been on some comment on this blog and the other one is a co-worker who has also once commented. The two of you have enough computer skills to carry out the necessary procedures, and I fully trust both of you to access my passwords and facilitate this work to my wife, who would have enough of the poor to worry about these shit. When you read this, do me a favor. I also appreciate you!! ‘because if you read me some malot you will know who you have to coerce to stay my Bitcoins after you have given me

Or kill him!

And you? Have you ever thought about this possibility and your partner could easily access the passwords? Or are you one of those who think you’re never gonna die?