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This 100%. I keep a printed QR code in my wallet encoding my password manager's master password. Just in case.

by teach 10y ago

nathancahill 10y ago
> behind lock and key Uhhh..
- teach 10y ago
  I'm not in a high risk group for wallet compromise. I'm over forty and have never lost my wallet or keys even once my whole life. I have many flaws, but misplacing small valuables isn't one of them.
  - Humdeee 10y ago
    I don't know... My house has never been broken into in my life, but it doesn't mean I don't lock my door at night or when I go to work.
    - teach 10y ago
      Fair point, but I consider my house being broken into a couple of orders of magnitude more likely than my wallet being compromised. Plus, leaving my house unlocked has no utility, whereas having a scannable copy of my master password with me at all times does. Finally, the consequences of my house getting broken into are pretty bad. But even if I did lose my wallet it's virtually certain to be someone that knows nothing about password managers, and changing my master password is pretty easy.
- IncRnd 10y ago
  The technical term is KEK, Key Encryption Key.
dublinben 10y ago
It would probably be better to include this backup code in your will or some other paperwork filed with your lawyer. Your wallet can be stolen pretty easily.
- teach 10y ago
  I'm forty-two. I've never so much as lost a wallet, much less had it stolen. Plus I use it once a month or so when my password manager app on my phone gets logged out and I don't feel like pecking it into the virtual keyboard.
  - movedx 10y ago
    You should still have a will anyway, and included in it your digital key to your digital life.
mtgx 10y ago
Keeping it in your wallet sounds like a bad idea, for many different reasons.
- teach 10y ago
  It's a risk, but it's extremely tiny. I have the password memorized, but it's long enough and complex enough that I can't always type it correctly, especially on a phone. Being able to scan it when needed allows me to use a password manager for all my other passwords and keeps me using a complex-enough master password. It's the same argument as the article, just at one higher level of abstraction.

This 100%. I keep a printed QR code in my wallet encoding my password manager's master password. Just in case.

by teach 10y ago

This 100%. I keep a printed QR code in my wallet encoding my password manager's master password. Just in case.

nathancahill 10y ago

> behind lock and key Uhhh..

teach 10y ago
I'm not in a high risk group for wallet compromise. I'm over forty and have never lost my wallet or keys even once my whole life. I have many flaws, but misplacing small valuables isn't one of them.
- Humdeee 10y ago
  I don't know... My house has never been broken into in my life, but it doesn't mean I don't lock my door at night or when I go to work.
  - teach 10y ago
    Fair point, but I consider my house being broken into a couple of orders of magnitude more likely than my wallet being compromised. Plus, leaving my house unlocked has no utility, whereas having a scannable copy of my master password with me at all times does. Finally, the consequences of my house getting broken into are pretty bad. But even if I did lose my wallet it's virtually certain to be someone that knows nothing about password managers, and changing my master password is pretty easy.
IncRnd 10y ago
The technical term is KEK, Key Encryption Key.

dublinben 10y ago

It would probably be better to include this backup code in your will or some other paperwork filed with your lawyer. Your wallet can be stolen pretty easily.

teach 10y ago
I'm forty-two. I've never so much as lost a wallet, much less had it stolen. Plus I use it once a month or so when my password manager app on my phone gets logged out and I don't feel like pecking it into the virtual keyboard.
- movedx 10y ago
  You should still have a will anyway, and included in it your digital key to your digital life.

mtgx 10y ago

Keeping it in your wallet sounds like a bad idea, for many different reasons.

teach 10y ago
It's a risk, but it's extremely tiny. I have the password memorized, but it's long enough and complex enough that I can't always type it correctly, especially on a phone. Being able to scan it when needed allows me to use a password manager for all my other passwords and keeps me using a complex-enough master password. It's the same argument as the article, just at one higher level of abstraction.