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This is such a non-issue I really don't understand why it keeps coming up. Write your passwords down and store them with your other vitally important documents

by aristus 17y ago

This is such a non-issue I really don't understand why it keeps coming up. Write your passwords down and store them with your other vitally important documents like your checks, bank account records, passport, etc. Why make it so complicated?

wmeredith 17y ago
This. Why wouldn't you just put a password section in your will?
- pyre 17y ago
  The problem with having it in a will is that there is a 'single point of failure' to someone obtaining it. He also mentions moving it out of jurisdiction of the UK, so I'm assuming he's trying to prevent court orders from trying to force the contents to be revealed. If that's the case, then it's possible that having a will stored/signed with a lawyer in Toronto, Canada (or just 'another country from where he currently lives') is not 'legal' or provides issues with the execution of the will in the event of death. If that's true, then he has to have his will in the UK with a lawyer somewhere. I assume that a court could order his will revealed/unsealed if they thought that his password was there and they were trying access the contents of his laptop... If it's possible to have foreign-country wills, then that issue doesn't exist, but I suspect that a will in a foreign country presents legal problems if it isn't outright declared 'invalid.' Of course, if he put it on his will and didn't tell anyone that he did; it's possible that authorities wouldn't even think to go after it (or maybe a judge wouldn't allow them access to it unless they had some sort of evidence that the password was stored there).
Locke1689 17y ago
Seriously. Jesus christ, write your private key file to a USB flash drive and give it to the lawyer/firm in charge of executing your will. Done. Oh, and he really knows nothing about cryptography if he thinks "splitting up the key" is a cryptographically secure way to encrypt your data. Having even part of a private key can hurt.

by aristus 17y ago

wmeredith 17y ago

This. Why wouldn't you just put a password section in your will?

pyre 17y ago
The problem with having it in a will is that there is a 'single point of failure' to someone obtaining it. He also mentions moving it out of jurisdiction of the UK, so I'm assuming he's trying to prevent court orders from trying to force the contents to be revealed. If that's the case, then it's possible that having a will stored/signed with a lawyer in Toronto, Canada (or just 'another country from where he currently lives') is not 'legal' or provides issues with the execution of the will in the event of death. If that's true, then he has to have his will in the UK with a lawyer somewhere. I assume that a court could order his will revealed/unsealed if they thought that his password was there and they were trying access the contents of his laptop... If it's possible to have foreign-country wills, then that issue doesn't exist, but I suspect that a will in a foreign country presents legal problems if it isn't outright declared 'invalid.' Of course, if he put it on his will and didn't tell anyone that he did; it's possible that authorities wouldn't even think to go after it (or maybe a judge wouldn't allow them access to it unless they had some sort of evidence that the password was stored there).

Locke1689 17y ago

Seriously. Jesus christ, write your private key file to a USB flash drive and give it to the lawyer/firm in charge of executing your will. Done. Oh, and he really knows nothing about cryptography if he thinks "splitting up the key" is a cryptographically secure way to encrypt your data. Having even part of a private key can hurt.