Re:I've locked myself out of my digital life
by the_af on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:40AM
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The comment I was replying to was about physical paper copies, not emails.
Distributing digital copies of your password store to your friends and relatives could maybe work. Be sure you're using a really strong password (that you can also remember by heart), because you cannot trust each friend will store the file responsibly away from prying eyes.
Remember the scenario:
- You lost access to your recovery codes and any handwritten notes, so you better remember the master password by heart.
- But this master password better be really strong, because each of your N friends you distributed your files to is a potential leak to hackers and thieves.
- (Tangentially related: remember you have no authenticator either, so your password store better include recovery codes, otherwise without 2FA you're screwed)
Distributing digital copies of your password store to your friends and relatives could maybe work. Be sure you're using a really strong password (that you can also remember by heart), because you cannot trust each friend will store the file responsibly away from prying eyes.
Remember the scenario:
- You lost access to your recovery codes and any handwritten notes, so you better remember the master password by heart.
- But this master password better be really strong, because each of your N friends you distributed your files to is a potential leak to hackers and thieves.
- (Tangentially related: remember you have no authenticator either, so your password store better include recovery codes, otherwise without 2FA you're screwed)