Discussion Passwords, as a legacy. How do you....?

[punkncat]

In the consideration of having important passwords available to spouse/family members, how do you store them securely?

Not talking about online at all. For the longest time we have kept a small spiral notebook that has some critical information in it. We have used a sort of 'coding' such that what is written for the password isn't actually it but the wife and I both know what we are looking at. It is of consideration that this is far too far from being secure and our little code method would take anyone with a brain mere seconds to figure out.

I have considering using a high quality USB stick and encrypting the drive, but once again that comes back to a passcode that you would have to be aware of to open.

Any ideas or suggestions appreciated.

 

[RealBeast]

In the consideration of having important passwords available to spouse/family members, how do you store them securely?

Not talking about online at all. For the longest time we have kept a small spiral notebook that has some critical information in it. We have used a sort of 'coding' such that what is written for the password isn't actually it but the wife and I both know what we are looking at. It is of consideration that this is far too far from being secure and our little code method would take anyone with a brain mere seconds to figure out.

I have considering using a high quality USB stick and encrypting the drive, but once again that comes back to a passcode that you would have to be aware of to open.

Any ideas or suggestions appreciated.

For offline important passwords that do not change often, print them out in large print double spaced from a document that you can keep on a USB stick. Easy to insert and change them as needed. Keep the paper printout and USB stick in your home safe or safety deposit box if you have one. Otherwise somewhere nobody burglarizing your home would ever look. If you use too much security and something happens to you they may not be accessible to those who need them.

 

[USAFRet]

Printed on paper.
Written in a notebook.
Encrypted.
In a fingerprint locked safe.

And also in some encrypted thing on your PC, for your daily use.
Mine is in an Excel file.

But if you make it too hard for your survivors to discover and use, they will never do it.

 

[stonecarver]

At one time I used a decoy notepad tucked in my top desk drawer. It worked great I knew it was tried over and over but I just thought about where our dads and grand dads hid the girlie mags.

Knock on wood but the real password notepad was never found.

I though about a safe but than that has a key or code that again needs to be hid.

I'm really anal about putting things where I don't forget where they are but if enough time goes by yup. Where the heck did I put those darn passwords.

You never forget where dad hid his stash.
Over the years I've been extremely creative where I have had to secure that kind of stuff and those safe spots are still relevant.

 

[BFG-9000]

A piece of paper in a vault is good enough for the secret recipes of both KFC and Coca-Cola.

You can leave the instructions for accessing the vault in your will.