If you forgot your password manager master password?
Short of brain damage, I don't think that would ever happen.
It would be a hassle for my family if I died, though. I'm young, but I should still get that scenario worked out.
Short of brain damage, I don't think that would ever happen.
It would be a hassle for my family if I died, though. I'm young, but I should still get that scenario worked out.
I once forgot my phone's unlock pattern. The very same that i had used for years, daily. I'm not someone that normally has memory problems, but i guess a few synapses just refused to do their job for some reason. I actually had an ex tell it to me, otherwise the phone would be bricked (i tried recalling it for basically 2-3 days). Now i have it and the master password for my password database written down and given to a person that i trust.
Kind of a silly and a worrying situation, so it helps to have contingencies for even cases like that. One might worry about Alzheimer's and whatnot after a situation like that, but even healthy "HDDs" occasionally get "bad sectors". Of course, there have also been cases where i forget something that was almost a subconscious memory (e.g. muscle memory) just to remember it a while later.
For context: am in the 20-30 age bracket, no other memory problems or a history of memory problems in my family tree.
Funny you say that. A year ago I went outside to break up a domestic violence situation. I woke up later face down with a brick next to my head. Due to the concussion I forgot my phone's password and that of my ATM card. It took me six months to remember them, although by then I had replaced both.
Shit happens.
If I were chucked into a prison and let out after several years with no computer use in between, I would likely forget all my passwords in the meantime. No brain damage needed, just disuse.
It helps pf course, to have account info, but just knowing the place of business is typically enough.
For clarity, living people lose account numbers and access all the time. The death cert. gives you this same power.
Your master password is the key that decrypts your password vault.
Some sort of escrow would be good, that unlocks a document with access instructions upon receipt of a valid death certificate.
I'm sure there are use cases, but it's actually very hard for me to think of them, let alone in just a minute or so.