Plain writing on digital legacy, password manager inheritance, crypto handoffs, and calm contingency plans. No legal advice, no scare tactics.
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A delivery service that cannot read your vault sounds like a contradiction. Here is the per-beneficiary handoff design that resolves it, mode by mode, including the one path that is not end-to-end and says so.
Passwords without authenticator codes are often useless. Here is why TOTP locks heirs out, what actually travels with a password export, and how to leave working codes without handing over your phone.
Passkeys are excellent while you are alive. Here is what they do not solve for inheritance, how they differ from TOTP and password managers, and what to set up so someone you trust is not stuck at a biometric wall.
HeirVault's client-side live vault library is public on GitHub and npm. Here is what is open, what stays private, and where assisted delivery still differs.
Encrypted at rest and zero-knowledge are not the same claim. Here is a plain threat-model guide to what browser-side encryption defends, what it cannot, and where handoff design still matters.
The objection is fair. One strong secret that unlocks everything sounds fragile. Here is what it actually protects against, what it does not, and why vendor-readable storage is a different kind of risk.
1Password has real recovery paths for families and teams, and real gaps for everyone else. Here is what your people can and cannot reach, and how to cover the difference.
How Bitwarden emergency access works: View vs Takeover, waiting periods, and who needs a Bitwarden account. Plus the four things it leaves to you.
