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Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by gaws »

jszymborski wrote: post #149
sema4hacker wrote: post #21

A friend of a relative had their house burglarized over a weekend. The burglars took their time and took apart everything, cutting all pictures out of their frames, etc. If a written password existed, they would have found it. The "give it to an attorney" plan would also worry me, unless I knew exactly who/what/when/where/why/how access was controlled and GUARANTEED (after all, an attorney's system could break down a…

What would the purpose of cutting pictures out of frames be?

Some of those pictures could be the only copies. Losing them could be devastating, depending on the person.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by jszymborski »

gaws wrote: post #171
jszymborski wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would the purpose of cutting pictures out of frames be?

Some of those pictures could be the only copies. Losing them could be devastating, depending on the person.

Of course, I understand their value to the homeowner, but I fail to see what value they might have to a burglar.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by gaws »

jszymborski wrote: post #173
gaws wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of those pictures could be the only copies. Losing them could be devastating, depending on the person.

Of course, I understand their value to the homeowner, but I fail to see what value they might have to a burglar.

A random act of cold and calculated malice, or the burglars know the homeowner and wanted to destroy as much property as possible.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by Aeolun »

spurgu wrote: post #167
Aeolun wrote: post #162

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That sounds like a lot of work when you can just write down your password somewhere safe?

Where? And how to stop your spouse from spying on you? I suppose notification of "Login from new device" would be a tell. But that would also be a shitty situation if you end up in a fight. The Bitwarden access request seems cool since it has a "quarantine period" where the owner gets notified of the access request and can deny it, if still alive (against a malicious spouse request). If you're sure you never face the…

> And how to stop your spouse from spying on you?

I dunno about you, but I kind of got married to them because I trust them.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by sema4hacker »

jszymborski wrote: post #149
sema4hacker wrote: post #21

A friend of a relative had their house burglarized over a weekend. The burglars took their time and took apart everything, cutting all pictures out of their frames, etc. If a written password existed, they would have found it. The "give it to an attorney" plan would also worry me, unless I knew exactly who/what/when/where/why/how access was controlled and GUARANTEED (after all, an attorney's system could break down a…

What would the purpose of cutting pictures out of frames be?

To look for things hidden between pictures and backings.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by phendrenad2 »

wnkrshm wrote: post #58

I feel for this kind of stuff, you want to have a local, air gapped computer, maybe a Raspberry that has an encrypted drive. A little computer that is just going to work X years down the line. Edit: Or alternatively, keep a printed document and copies of all of that in a bank vault. Document lockers cost less than 100EUR per year.

That's actually a great idea. Bonus points if you make a little adventure game users have to play to access the files.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by theshrike79 »

philliphaydon wrote: post #116
theshrike79 wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better not go for a 8 day off-grid adventure if you don't trust your emergency access user a 1000%

Would be a bit weird to give someone you don’t trust emergency access.

Just commenting on the fact that 7 days is a really short time. It's not unusual for people to be without access to their email for a week.
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