PWs when you die?

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Gomar

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How do you deal with your emails, online accounts, profiles, facebook, etc. if your time to dance with the Grim Reaper is coming soon?

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/t...mportant-for-your-online-assets-too.html?_r=0

Has anyone heard of or used these services?
Why cant one just save everything in a text file to a CD-R, and ask next of kin
to keep in a secure location. If you buy the farm, the text file will say what to do.

Ifcourse, I wouldnt want the ball&chain to read my emails, nor access my stash of u know vat. Thus, all that is private is encrypted, and if I kick the bucket, oh well, into the trash it all goes.
 
I have a similar dilemma. The biggest issue is the dynamic nature of passwords- some need to be changed often, and others should be changed often.

I keep a list of accounts and passwords in SharePoint. Getting that list to next of kin or business partners is the clincher.
 
I'm building up a keepass file and will her the master password shortly.
That will be the easy part.

Remembering all the places I go, their sign ins, and not forgetting to actually put them in KeePass is the real challenge.
 
Put all your logins in a KeePass file. Put the master password to the KeePass file in an envelope in a safety deposit box. List the envelope in your will as to who you want to have your passwords. You could even go as far as to keep a copy of the KeePass file in your safety deposit box.
 
I just keep my documented in a safe deposit box. Really the only ones that matter are the financial accounts.
 
I do the KeePass thing too. But, as mentioned, keeping all my logins stored is a challenge.
 
Isn't this pretty much a non-issue except for email? Just use the "Forgot Password" link on each website where access is needed. No need to write anything down/keep anything up to date. To me the more important list is the companies with which I am doing business. How would my next of kin know which banks I am using, what credit accounts I have or who my mortgage is through? That list should be short and relatively static. Beyond my bills and bank accounts, what all is needed? My password to [H] is certainly not relevant to them.
 
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