Passkeys as part of estate planning

Hello TheMacMommy

Thank you for your reply! Passkey unlock accounts are still being tested through our public beta and I don’t recommend that you suggest that your clients use them if they’re not technically savvy. Throughout the public beta, the functionality of passkey unlock can change as our development team continues to iterate and improve upon the new feature and that can cause confusion.

Better support for estate planning is something that I'd personally like to see as well! My colleagues and I have passed along your feedback to our development team. As mentioned prior, you'll need to generate and store a recovery code (not the passkey) for your passkey unlock account and share that recovery code along with the login credentials for your email account with anyone who needs access to your passkey unlock account in the event of an emergency.

When it comes to setting up a plan for getting another user into your account, storing your filled out Emergency kit in a safe or other secure storage device is the correct and preferred method of ensuring that your loved ones have emergency access to items stored in a traditional 1Password account that uses an account password and Secret Key.

As for the storing of a will, if you have a PDF or other digital version of a will you can store it in 1Password as a Document item or file attachment as outlined in our guide on how to save important files in 1Password

The guide will help you store a copy of your will in 1Password. However, since I'm not able to offer any legal advice, I would recommend that you consult with your attorney to determine the best way to store your will so that it remains legally valid.

I hope this helps to answer your question and further elaborate on using a passkey to unlock 1Password. I'm here if you have any other questions!

-Eli