Dead Man Switch
Are there any views on having a "Dead Man's Switch" programmed into 1Password. I was thinking along the lines of an email being sent to a recipient which tells them that a user has a 1Password vault and give the relevant login information. This can be set to be emailed on a particular date in some point of the future unless the owner changes that date. The owner can be notified, say, two weeks in advance that an email will be sent out unless the date is changed. This would obviously be an opt in option in the settings but would allow family to gain access to a vault in the event of a 1password users death.
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This isn't what you are suggesting, but it's a different approach to getting the information into the right hands: 1Password Emergency Kit
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Hi @Chrisb01,
It's an interesting idea but I believe The 1Password Emergency Kit that hawkmoth linked you to is a much safer and robust method if left sealed as part of a will with your solicitor.
To have such a feature we would need to permanently store your Master Password, somebody would probably need to access your account unless we started looking into running a service as root and what if somebody altered the time and date on your machine? We could back it up with querying an NTP server but if somebody was trying to access your vault could they fake such a response easily enough? I can understand the appeal but in this particular occasion I think a combination of low tech with high tech is the right way forward.
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I'm more interested in my family gaining access to my financial web sites without requiring use of my computer. I put an "all items" printout in my safety deposit box. My computer reminds me to replace the printout every three months. My wife, of course, has a key to the box. My sons know where to locate a key in the event that we are both gone and, even without a key, they can legally access the box except it will take a bit longer waiting for the lock to be drilled out.
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Having discussed this before with @Plato I know he has put some thought into the approach that works best for him :smile:
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