This hits close to home - use a password manager

Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:06:27 -0600

This hits close to home. As a cybersecurity and tech professional, I’m often asked for similar advice, but on the digital side. Managing passwords, accounts, that entire technical footprint we all accumulate.

I’ve lost two employees: Jason Fehrs and Kevin Lee. I think about them a lot. Both times, their loved ones were locked out of accounts and struggling to find their footing after sudden loss. Ghost profiles still celebrating birthdays on Facebook. Work anniversaries on LinkedIn. It’s not just an aging issue. It hits mid-career professionals just as hard, often harder.

The Most Important Thing You Haven't Done With Your Password Manager

Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:12:00 -0600

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.

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This hits close to home - use a password manager

The Most Important Thing You Haven't Done With Your Password Manager