 61999674Gotta Do What Ya Gotta DoPremium
join:2000-09-02
Here
kudos:1 | reply to exocet_cm
Re: Poll - Who Keeps Your Passwords My password for DSLR is in my head, all others are in a card file sitting on my desk.
For sites that have "help me remember my password" questions, that question and its correct answer would be totally meaningless to anyone but me, therefore impossible to "guess".
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 javaManThe Dude abides.Premium,MVM
join:2002-07-15
San Luis Obispo, CA
2 edits | reply to exocet_cm
I keep my passwords encrypted in two places: a KeePass database and along with important personal files, in a PGP encrypted volume file. Both use the same passphrase. Certain family members have the passphrase.
Edit: Actually the KeePass database is in the PGP volume file too. Mount the PGP volume and then access the database with KeePass. The volume file is synced to a laptop.
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 hpguruCurb Your DogmaPremium
join:2002-04-12 | reply to exocet_cm
My passwords die with me. |
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 major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA | reply to mers2
said by mers2:Whoever gets stuck handling your estate might appreciate the passwords to any financial accounts, encrypted documents, etc. If all you do is email and web surfing it won't be an issue anyone would care about. I'm still LMAO because the executor of my estate does not need to have my passwords to my computer in order to do his job. All my important docs are kept in both electronic, as well as paper format for several reasons. #1) I work in legal, and #2) a computer is an electronic item. All electronics items by nature fail eventually.
Keeping all of your important docs on a computer HDD is just foolish.
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 jmorlanHmm... That's funny.Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-05
Pacifica, CA
kudos:4 | said by major marco:I'm still LMAO because the executor of my estate does not need to have my passwords to my computer in order to do his job. That's good for him. But wait until you find yourself the executor or administrator of an estate and cannot stop AOL from billing the deceased because the master password was known only to him. You'll have a lot more to do than have that aggravation. See how hard you're laughing then. |
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 RayMahnahmahnaPremium
join:2001-04-02
Mesa, AZ | reply to exocet_cm
CrypBox. It's an encrypted password database for PalmOS w/ a desktop app, too. My wife & I both have it & know each other's master passwords.
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major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA
3 edits | reply to jmorlan
said by jmorlan: That's good for him. But wait until you find yourself the executor or administrator of an estate and cannot stop AOL from billing the deceased because the master password was known only to him. You'll have a lot more to do than have that aggravation. See how hard you're laughing then. Eh, that won't be a problem as I tend to not to agree to be the executor of an estate for dumbasses. Secondly, you don't need the password to an ISP account, or any other account, for that matter, in order to stop service for a decedent. A letter accompanied by a death certificate suffices.
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Mele20Premium
join:2001-06-05
Hilo, HI
kudos:4 | said by major marco:Secondly, you don't need the password to an ISP account, or any other account, for that matter, in order to stop service for a decedent. A letter accompanied by a death certificate suffices. That's right. My mother told me when my father died that she had to get a large number of copies of the death certificate and she didn't think she would need near as many as she did. Stopping anything, doing almost anything regarding my father's affairs, required a copy of the death certificate.
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My password is 12345678
If I die
Tell My Family |
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major marcoRes Firma Mitescere NescitPremium
join:2003-02-13
Stepford, CA | reply to Mele20
said by Mele20:That's right. My mother told me when my father died that she had to get a large number of copies of the death certificate and she didn't think she would need near as many as she did. Stopping anything, doing almost anything regarding my father's affairs, required a copy of the death certificate. Of course it's right. It's what I do for a living. 
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 norkyPremium
join:2002-12-02
Lithia, FL | reply to exocet_cm
Well, whomever becomes your estates rep or gets POA when you die doesn't need passwords for online accounts for banking and stuff. I don't pretend that I'm important enough to need to destroy hard drives/passwords when I die. Important stuff I share with my wife, other normal sites I pretty much use the same password *gasp* |
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 mers2Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
kudos:8 | You share stuff with your wife. You'd be amazed at how many don't share important details with their spouse. Some people don't keep anything on paper, though that's not a practice I'd do. Nothing quite like finding another bank account during probate.
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