Yes, this is an option. It requires that your password(s) don’t change. Setting up a password store somewhere and granting access to it using this method is a potential solution, but not great.
I’m not trying to discredit your response, just pointing out that this is not a trivial problem to solve and any quick solutions are unlikely to make this easier for anyone involved.
For example, if you do burn a new DVD as suggested, you just created a versioning and distribution issue for yourself and your loved ones.
Its not wildly different from a will though, there are often multiple wills that change over time.
I dont think its as complex as you think, there is no need to version or distribute anything. You simply tell your loved ones: “In my filing cabinet/bookshelf/firesafe/wherever, there is an printout/dvd/holocube with all my passwords in case I die”.
Then whenever you feel like updating it, you create a new one, and destroy the old one. No versions, no distribution beyond the knowledge of its existence.
Its not going to be easy dealing with the death of a loved one, but I dont see how this could possible be any easier. Plaintext passwords couldn’t be more simple.
Yes, this is an option. It requires that your password(s) don’t change. Setting up a password store somewhere and granting access to it using this method is a potential solution, but not great.
You can always just reburn a DVD every X months, its pretty low cost apart from the time.
I understand.
I’m not trying to discredit your response, just pointing out that this is not a trivial problem to solve and any quick solutions are unlikely to make this easier for anyone involved.
For example, if you do burn a new DVD as suggested, you just created a versioning and distribution issue for yourself and your loved ones.
Its not wildly different from a will though, there are often multiple wills that change over time.
I dont think its as complex as you think, there is no need to version or distribute anything. You simply tell your loved ones: “In my filing cabinet/bookshelf/firesafe/wherever, there is an printout/dvd/holocube with all my passwords in case I die”. Then whenever you feel like updating it, you create a new one, and destroy the old one. No versions, no distribution beyond the knowledge of its existence.
Its not going to be easy dealing with the death of a loved one, but I dont see how this could possible be any easier. Plaintext passwords couldn’t be more simple.