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1Password Access after Death, Legacy Contacts
I am not planning to die anytime soon, but sometimes things happen.
Beyond securing my 1Password details in an Escrow account, or with a lawyer, or in a bank lockbox, does 1Password offer any means of allowing one or more designated member of the 1Password Families account to access the 1Password account in case of the primary owner's passing?
Apple now offers the ability to add one or more https://support.apple.com/en-us/102631 so that in case of your untimely demise, an Access Key and a Death Certificate allows Apple to grant the holder of both of these to get a new Apple ID that has access to your Apple ID Account.
It may be something 1Password wants to consider, though I realize that reviewing Death Certificates may not be on the high list of priorities for the team!
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Just as I was taking a look at new answers on this topic, what do I see on the header of the page?
Surely this is a joke.
As much as the advice given : "you could leave instructions for accessing your account in a safe, or alongside your traditional will." Really?With new data leaks happening almost every day, which will only get worse with the rise of AI and automated security breach scanning, and safe deposit boxes now being violated, you really want us to trust anyone with our most precious data? Are you serious?
I just found this article from 1Password.
https://www.1password.community/kb/digital-estate-planning/2-how-to-create-a-digital-estate-plan/164198
At the end of the article it says how good Google, Apple and others are managing it, but 1Password itself is missing... So sad and hopefully they will change that behavior soon.
How time flies... Is there an update or development on this from 1Password? Will it happen at some point, or are you scrapping the feature completely?
Hear, hear!
I doubt this is ever going to happen. No apparent reason for a company like AgileBits other than "no resources / no funds / no KPI alignment" to keep such a thing pending for years and just keep telling customers to focus on using their Emergency Kit. I moved from Dashlane (who had this feature) to 1Password, don't regret it overall, but definitely would expect to see such a "digital legacy" feature by now. Like others I'd also be willing to pay a (reasonable) premium for the option.
Agreed. Would set 1Password ahead of other apps.
I just wanted to get on board with this as well. PLEASE make a legacy contact feature for 1Password!
This is so important.I liked this post because I think this is an important feature to have.
I use 1Password personally: if I do not have 2FA on my 1password account, would all the information on the Emergency Kit allow someone to get into my account?
What I am not clear about is how would someone be able to access my account if I do have 2FA on the account and they cannot get into my phone to access the authenicator app.- 1P_Dave
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I've shared your request for this type of legacy feature with our product team internally.
Your Emergency Kit, by default, contains the following information:
- Your sign-in address.
- Your email address.
- Your Secret Key.
You would also need to write your account password on the Emergency Kit in order for it to contain all of the information needed to sign into your account. If you're using two-factor authentication then you would need to include that along with your Emergency Kit. For example: a copy of a hardware security key that's added as a second-factor to your account, or a printed copy of the QR code that contains your 2FA TOTP secret (that appears when you turn on 2FA) so that someone can add it to their authenticator app. Alternatively, you would need to ensure that they have access to the device where your authenticator app is installed.Let me know if you have any questions.
-Dave
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Would prefer an actual legacy feature.
Can I remind anyone interested in this feature to like the original post of this Feature Request ?
It only has 22 likes right now, despite 11K views and 122 messages. Come on, let's give it some love ^^
On the other hand, I cannot understand how it is possible that the 2 most liked feature requests still haven't been addressed by now. Some of the 1300 employees could surely take a look at this...
Regards.
- 1P_Dave
The features we implement, and the timing of their release, depend on several factors, such as our existing product roadmap, planned enhancements, urgent bug fixes that may take priority over new requests, the availability of development resources, and input from customers.
We collect feature requests from multiple sources, including email support, community discussions, and other feedback channels. Features aren’t developed based solely on the number of requests, and we don’t want to give the impression that “likes” are the only factor in our decision-making. Because of this, the number of “likes” on a post isn’t always a true reflection of how often a feature is being requested overall or that it might be prioritised over other work on our roadmap.
All feedback is carefully reviewed and prioritised, and our team works to deliver new features and improvements as quickly as possible. Please keep the feedback coming! 🙂
-Dave
Dave,
I certainly understand that there are plenty of variables in play in terms of what guides development of new features. And, I'm sure you get many feature suggestions/requests, but this thread is over 2 years old and has 125 replies, which suggests it is one of, if not the most requested features and as far as I can tell from my research when I switched, it's the only feature that 1P doesn't have that several of your competitors do.
I decided to switch from LP to 1P despite this missing feature, but as lopinc said, I would bet there are alot of potential customers out there that refuse to switch without this feature being available.
My father passed away a few months ago. I had access to his email, which made things easier, but having access to his 1Password vault made things a snap. I would love to make things this easy for our daughter when the ineviitable comes. Please, AgileBits, added legacy capabillity to 1Password.
