Cheat sheet for if I'm gone • Hacker News Board

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by themadturk » Fri, Jun 17, 2022, 4:30 AM UTC

m463 wrote: post #8

BooneJS wrote: post #6

I’ve got one of these in 1Password that is shared with my wife. It’s a great idea. When my mom passed away 18 years ago, we looked high and low for every paper and file to help my dad start to become competent with the household finances. It was a big challenge at an already challenging time.

One weird problem I learned of is that you shouldn't store your will in your safety deposit box, because it will be tied up in legal wrangling when it is needed the most.

You can usually start the work with a copy of the will, which you don't need to keep in the safe deposit box.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by themadturk » Fri, Jun 17, 2022, 4:32 AM UTC

mattmurdog wrote: post #11

My partner doesn't even know what Github or markdown is. I'm better off writing it in plain English and putting it in a bank safe.

The important thing is that it be easily accessible...printed for example. No, you don't want all your passwords on a piece of paper. But pointers to where the passwords are, how someone can get emergency access to them, as well as locations of other accounts, documents, etc. is what's important.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by sjeffh » Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 9:24 PM UTC

sneak wrote: post #186

nonameiguess wrote: post #146

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The link to the feature provided here explains how it works. Your Bitwarden client has a master key that opens your vault. This is your own private key. Bitwarden the server doesn't have a copy of it. If you choose to designate a trusted successor in the case of your incapacitation, you send a request to that person. If they accept the request, Bitwarden the client will generate a public/private key pair for them. Th…

Ok then, so one search warrant to Bitwarden to get the encrypted key and your encrypted passwords, and another to the authorized party to get their private key. It still comprises a break in the end-to-end crypto, and can still bypass the time delay and decrypt your passwords today without your involvement.

I agree. Wondering if such a warrant has ever been issued. This is the classic accessibility vs. security tradeoff.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by lkxijlewlf » Mon, Jun 20, 2022, 2:38 PM UTC

tjr225 wrote: post #2

I thought this was going to be interesting but it’s a markdown file of information your partner should already have. The lesson from this markdown file is that if your partner can’t figure this stuff out on their own you need to sort it out yesterday. I doubt that the information being open source or being in markdown format is going to help out your partner whatsoever.

That's a little unfair. When you lose someone, a very many things have to happen almost immediately. It can be quite overwhelming. Especially given the stress and trauma of just losing a loved one. Having everything "you should already have" in one place makes a lot of sense. And there's nothing to say that this has to remain only in MD format. A printed copy in the safe would be helpful.

Of course, using your logic, getting is sorted "yesterday" could mean sitting down and having your loved one understand how to access all this data using MD. Even better would be to have them build the data up with you.