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Former Member
2 years ago

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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  • 1P_Tommy's avatar
    1P_Tommy
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    2 years ago

    No, I'm sorry there are no updates. Sorry. The team is aware.

  • dragon1's avatar
    dragon1
    Dedicated Contributor
    2 years ago

    1P_Tommy concerning your comment nearly 2 months ago... Is there any update/progress in bringing this feature? Any update from your side? And don't say again, that you passed it to the team ;-)

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    1P_Tommy
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    2 years ago

    Thank you for sharing your situation and expectations thwn I've passed them along to the appropriate team for consideration in future product offerings.

    ref: PB-41323907

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    thwn
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    2 years ago

    Thanks penmoid, I'm in exactly the same situation. I was also under the misconception, until reading this thread, that my wife as Family Organizer would have access to all my passwords in the event of my death after a grace period (and without my veto). False security is almost worse than no security. This missing feature is essential for me and my family and a reason to look for alternatives if 1P doesn't remedy this soon. At least I would expect a roadmap for this after all these years.

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    1P_Tommy
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    2 years ago

    Thank you penmoid. I've shared your thoughts on a legacy type access system with the team.

    ref: PB-41092719

  • penmoid's avatar
    penmoid
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    2 years ago

    I’ve been using 1Password since 2007. This didn’t matter to me back then, but now I have a family. Everything they would need in the event of my death is stored in my vault. I had previously thought that making my wife a family organizer would allow her to recover my account, but now I see from this thread that this would require access to my email. I shouldn’t have assumed but please understand that this is an important feature. None of us are going to live forever and all of the methods to handle this with 1Password compromise security.

  • 1P_Dave's avatar
    1P_Dave
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    2 years ago

    Thanks for sharing with the community wclark. 🙂

    -Dave

  • wclark's avatar
    wclark
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    2 years ago

    thedean -- Legacy access: As an addendum for dummies like me to your very useful post of May 17, here are 1Password's notes on the basics of "the account recovery process" that you refer to there: https://support.1password.com/recovery/ . Thanks for that and your other entries.