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[Discuss] After I'm dead (re: deadmanish login?)



On February 6, 2017, Rich Braun wrote:
>...I haven't fully figured how to avoid the race condition
>that happens between the time you update your primary master passwords and the
>time you update that pretty little estate-planning paper sitting in the
>safe-deposit vault...

Possible solution:

1. Update the paper first, not replacing the old master password, but
adding the next password you plan to use. Put the paper in your safety
deposit box.

2. Then update the password.

Now at worst, your spouse tries 2 passwords instead of 1.

--
Dan Barrett
dbarrett at blazemonger.com




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