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Most security advice is either hand-wavy or unreadable, and we would rather people actually understood how this stuff works. So we write these and give them away: plain English, honest about the trade-offs, on encryption, account recovery, and keeping your accounts private.
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Password Manager SecurityCan a Password Manager Provider Read Your Passwords?Learn what zero-knowledge password managers can access, what remains visible, and how Lockstep protects encrypted vault data.Digital Estate PlanningDigital Estate Checklist: Accounts Your Family Will Actually NeedCreate a practical digital estate inventory for accounts, devices, assets, and access instructions without writing passwords into an insecure document.Password Manager SecurityIs It Safe to Put Everything in One Password Manager?Compare the risks of one encrypted password vault with password reuse, scattered storage, device compromise, and provider breaches.Emergency Access and RecoveryPassword Manager Emergency Access: How It Works and What Can Go WrongLearn how password manager emergency access works, which attacks it introduces, and how to choose contacts and waiting periods safely.Emergency Access and RecoveryWhat Happens If You Forget Your Master Password?Understand why a zero-knowledge password manager may be unable to reset your master password, and how to prepare without creating an easy backdoor.Browse by topic
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Digital Estate Planning
Digital Estate PlanningDigital Estate Checklist: Accounts Your Family Will Actually NeedCreate a practical digital estate inventory for accounts, devices, assets, and access instructions without writing passwords into an insecure document.Digital Estate PlanningPassword Manager vs. Digital Estate Plan: Why You May Need BothLearn the difference between technical access and legal authority, and how password managers, wills, powers of attorney, and provider tools work together.Digital Estate PlanningWhat Happens to Your Online Accounts When You Die?Compare current Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram, financial, domain, and cryptocurrency account procedures after death.
Emergency Access and Recovery
Emergency Access and RecoveryDigital Estate Checklist: Accounts Your Family Will Actually NeedCreate a practical digital estate inventory for accounts, devices, assets, and access instructions without writing passwords into an insecure document.Emergency Access and RecoveryPassword Manager Emergency Access: How It Works and What Can Go WrongLearn how password manager emergency access works, which attacks it introduces, and how to choose contacts and waiting periods safely.Emergency Access and RecoveryEmergency Access Comparison: Bitwarden, Keeper, NordPass, 1Password, and LockstepCompare verified emergency and recovery access behavior, waiting periods, permissions, prerequisites, and limitations across major password managers.Emergency Access and RecoveryPassword Manager vs. Digital Estate Plan: Why You May Need BothLearn the difference between technical access and legal authority, and how password managers, wills, powers of attorney, and provider tools work together.Emergency Access and RecoveryThreat-Modeling Password Manager Emergency AccessA methodical security analysis of trusted contacts, waiting periods, key grants, notifications, revocation, and provider compromise.Emergency Access and RecoveryWhat Happens to Your Passwords If Your Password Manager Shuts Down?Learn how outages, bankruptcy, acquisitions, exports, local clients, and encryption design determine whether you can recover your vault.Emergency Access and RecoveryWhat Happens If You Forget Your Master Password?Understand why a zero-knowledge password manager may be unable to reset your master password, and how to prepare without creating an easy backdoor.
Password Manager Security
Password Manager SecurityCan a Password Manager Provider Read Your Passwords?Learn what zero-knowledge password managers can access, what remains visible, and how Lockstep protects encrypted vault data.Password Manager SecurityIs It Safe to Put Everything in One Password Manager?Compare the risks of one encrypted password vault with password reuse, scattered storage, device compromise, and provider breaches.Password Manager SecurityPassword Manager Emergency Access: How It Works and What Can Go WrongLearn how password manager emergency access works, which attacks it introduces, and how to choose contacts and waiting periods safely.Password Manager SecurityThreat-Modeling Password Manager Emergency AccessA methodical security analysis of trusted contacts, waiting periods, key grants, notifications, revocation, and provider compromise.Password Manager SecurityWhat Happens to Your Passwords If Your Password Manager Shuts Down?Learn how outages, bankruptcy, acquisitions, exports, local clients, and encryption design determine whether you can recover your vault.Password Manager SecurityWhat Happens If You Forget Your Master Password?Understand why a zero-knowledge password manager may be unable to reset your master password, and how to prepare without creating an easy backdoor.Zero-Knowledge Security
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10 published.
- Can a Password Manager Provider Read Your Passwords?
- Digital Estate Checklist: Accounts Your Family Will Actually Need
- Is It Safe to Put Everything in One Password Manager?
- Password Manager Emergency Access: How It Works and What Can Go Wrong
- Emergency Access Comparison: Bitwarden, Keeper, NordPass, 1Password, and Lockstep
- Password Manager vs. Digital Estate Plan: Why You May Need Both
- Threat-Modeling Password Manager Emergency Access
- What Happens to Your Passwords If Your Password Manager Shuts Down?
- What Happens If You Forget Your Master Password?
- What Happens to Your Online Accounts When You Die?