1Password Access after Death, Legacy Contacts

1P_Tommy

To your suggestion about locking it in a safe. You mentioned that you are the only one with the combination. I certainly hope that your family will be able to crack it open….

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Topics like this are always open to discussion amongst the team. That does not necessarily translate to active work on any project. That said, I am but a single person in this large machine. There are many areas that my travels do not take me each day. We are aware of various methods and the team always looks at possibilities. Thank you for sharing.

I believe that Bitwarden has found a good solution here and wanted to make this suggestion available for discussion in the development team.

Bitwarden allows you to define so-called "trusted emergency contacts" via Emergency Access.

They can then request access via their Bitwarden account in an emergency. The trusted emergency contact can then access the grantor's vault after a predefined period of time has elapsed.

During this period, however, the grantor can also cancel this access request (if the request is not permitted and the grantor is still alive, for example).

More information: https://bitwarden.com/help/emergency-access/

I am curious to see whether we will soon see another option from 1Password. It has already been announced here and there that this topic is already being discussed internally.

Some of our users provide 1/2 of the password to another family member and another half to another family member.

The use of the Emergency Kit is the only available option. Feel free to look around the community. You'll see varied suggestions from many folks here in the community. As with any important or legal document, you must take appropriate safeguards to ensure its safety. I lock mine behind a safe door, and only I know the combination, too. In the event of my demise, my heirs will need to access it. Outside of that, I also have it stored in a bank safety deposit box for disaster preparedness.

It should never be left out in the open for anyone to find.

1P_Tommy

Do you understand that what you are suggesting completely makes the whole point of storing passwords in 1Password a complete waste. What happens if someone manages to find that piece of paper who shouldn’t have access to it?

I might as well just have a notebook with all my passwords in it.

Thank you both. I've shared your comments with the team.

ref: PB-38664805

glowndes

When you set up 2FA authenticator app there is a "can't scan code" a string of characters beside the QR code for the 2FA app. You can print that and include it on the kit. I typically write mine on the back of the Emergency Kit with the date and what the code is for.

To add to my comment above - I just realised that there is no point printing out my emergency kit as I have 2FA on my account... So printing it out and my family using it after I pass away will be of no help as they will need the 2FA code...

I 100% agree that this feature needs to be developed. In 2022, I lost both my parents unexpectedly within 4 months of each other, and it was a nightmare having to deal with all of the admin involved in closing accounts, ending subscriptions, etc.

There must be a way to implement such a feature without needing to print out a piece of paper with the relevant details on it. Say someone breaks into my house and manages to get into my safe—they then have access to my entire life. It seems silly of a company such as 1Password that values security so much just to say, 'Print it out and put it in a safe place'!

1P_Tommy I fully agree with Zorak, please pass my request along to the team as well.

This feature so important, that I am almost willing to switch to some other product. I switched to 1password from LastPass because of the problems they had, but they kind of feel minor compared to the value of the "Emergency Access" feature.