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This is the reason I went with LastPass, because they have a feature designed and designated for recovery after death, with support, and 1Password would require

by dkarl 4y ago

This is the reason I went with LastPass, because they have a feature designed and designated for recovery after death, with support, and 1Password would require me explaining to my family how they would use the emergency kit after I died, and they would likely 1) be pissed at being asked to understand it, and 2) not even try it after I died, and suffer all the inconvenience of not having access to my accounts. It's frustrating, but the fact that 1Password's emergency kit is primarily intended and documented for me to use, and incidentally happens to enable account recovery for my heirs as well, means that they won't use it. One look at the documentation and they'll write it off as techie stuff that I was into that they won't be able to understand. With LastPass, there's stuff online specifically explaining that it's intended to provide access for family members in case of death, and I think that is reassuring enough that they'll stick with the process until they figure it out.

roblabla 4y ago
> 1) be pissed at being asked to understand it, and 2) not even try it after I died, and suffer all the inconvenience of not having access to my accounts. Your family sounds fun to be around. 1Password emergency kit is pretty well-designed, all things considered. It's a neat, single-page PDF with all the necessary information[0] (URL to login, email address/password, and the security key as text or QR Code for easy setup). I guess a link to a sort of tutorial/guide of how to use it to recover the account would be a welcome addition, but I find the format to be pretty solid. It's pretty hard to find information on lastpass version of the feature. What does it look like? According to their documentation of the "Emergency Access" feature, it claims to be a one-time access[1]? What happens after that access, do you just lose your access forever? That seems much worse than the 1password emergency kit! [0]: https://i.1password.com/media/1password-emergency-kit.png https://i.1password.com/media/1password-emergency-kit.png [1]: https://www.lastpass.com/features/emergency-access https://www.lastpass.com/features/emergency-access

by dkarl 4y ago

roblabla 4y ago

> 1) be pissed at being asked to understand it, and 2) not even try it after I died, and suffer all the inconvenience of not having access to my accounts. Your family sounds fun to be around. 1Password emergency kit is pretty well-designed, all things considered. It's a neat, single-page PDF with all the necessary information[0] (URL to login, email address/password, and the security key as text or QR Code for easy setup). I guess a link to a sort of tutorial/guide of how to use it to recover the account would be a welcome addition, but I find the format to be pretty solid. It's pretty hard to find information on lastpass version of the feature. What does it look like? According to their documentation of the "Emergency Access" feature, it claims to be a one-time access[1]? What happens after that access, do you just lose your access forever? That seems much worse than the 1password emergency kit! [0]: https://i.1password.com/media/1password-emergency-kit.png https://i.1password.com/media/1password-emergency-kit.png [1]: https://www.lastpass.com/features/emergency-access https://www.lastpass.com/features/emergency-access