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EASY option(s) to store the 1P password file to a USB drive?

jmjm
jmjm
Community Member
edited August 16 in Memberships

My partner and I are "mature in age" and have used 1P, I think closing in on 5 years. It has been a godsend. We do have an Emergency Kit printed out, hidden in our home and a close relative knows where to find it if worse comes to worse.

But I think, and correct me if I am wrong, and I don't see much talk of this in these forums, that it would be worthwhile to have a digital backup of all of one's passwords? Is this something many of you do? If so I would love to know how to do this and more importantly, as I have no experience with 'encryption', how to save such a file to what I think is often called an "encrypted drive" (most conveniently a USB drive). Doing a bit of searching it seems that "Bitblocker" would have been perfect for us in that it is easy to use but alas we don't have a version of Windows which has Bitblocker. Can you recommend an extra easy to use alternative to encrypt a USB drive on which we would store our 1P password file?

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OS Version: Windows 10/11
Browser: Chrome

Comments

  • ag_tommy
    ag_tommy
    edited August 16

    @jmjm

    Long time no see. I still recall you joining this community. Nice to talk with you again.

    I would recommend sharing the 🚒 Emergency Kit and or recovery code with someone if needed and keeping your data within 1Password. Printing and/or exporting requires frequent updates, and data can become outdated rather quickly. That said, you've already take a great step and using this method. Nice going!

    Recently, I changed my Apple ID password. It's much easier to have someone look in 1Password using a recovery method (* if needed) vs. going to locate a backup that may need to be entered back into a program in some situations.

    It's true you could opt to use a manual backup. In fact, I tried this for years as a new user 17 years ago. I quickly stopped backing up as often and soon realized the data had, in fact, become as outdated as I described. Now, to be frank, during that time, I was actively learning 1Password and still getting good practice under my belt. I was changing passwords to become more secure like anyone does when they start or, in some cases, change password managers. I had come from another manager at that time.

    For my family, we opted for the Emergency Kit (and now recovery codes) because of its ease of use while maintaining security. Plus, I have seen encrypted drives fail. Personal experience.

    Perhaps others will have opinions to share. There are indeed a few pretty recent posts from members of the community as far as legacy access goes. To me, that would seem to be the closest search term that might give you good results.

    PS. You are correct; you are nearing five years with us here in the community. Time flies, does it not? We're glad to have you as part of our family.