Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?

Re:Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to... by rcxdude on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:00PM (#46918067)

Password managers like bitwarden also have emergency access features which can do this, with the caveat of trusting them to enforce the requirement of access only being granted after a notification to the account holder is not denied in some time period (but unlike the lawyer you're not trusting them with the secret directly)

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Re:Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to... by spockz on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:48PM (#46918594)

Apple has this thing called Legacy Contact which allows the same but then built in to the whole Apple account. This includes devices as well as the iCloud ~~and attached keychains. Granted, it is another hoop to jump through compared to presharing keys with each other.~~

It would be nice if your Apple account could be unlocked with some other keys as well apart from the primary one, but I guess that is what Apple calls the “Legacy Contact Key”.

Edit: okay so the keychain is excluded from this. So back to storing each others passwords in eachothers keychain…

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Re:Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to... by eljojo on Friday February 06, 2026 @04:58PM (#46918703)

I didn't know about bit warden doing this until today! I definitely have to look closer into it, been using 1password for more than a decade and I keep being disappointed. I'd definitely like off-sourcing this to someone instead of building it myself

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