The Most Important Thing You Haven't Done With Your Password Manager
This afternoon, I’m attending the funeral for a coworker we lost last weekend. Over the course of the next week or two, we’ll be assisting his family gain access to the many online services he had managed. Each time I’ve experienced a tragedy like this, I’ve seen the families struggle with the digital footprint and account access of their lost loved one. Like life insurance, emergency access to online services is too often an item on our to-do list, rarely ever getting completed. Password managers help families in these situations. They act as a consolidated list of the accounts making up one’s digital footprint. However, if emergency access has not been set up, they provide no help and access becomes a major hurdle to overcome for a grieving family.