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How to Use a Password Manager to Share Your Logins After You Die (2025)

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Feed Name: WIRED Security

Date Published: 2025-09-29

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Jacob Roach

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This article emphasizes planning for your digital legacy to avoid lost access and lingering subscriptions, noting that while some platforms (e.g., Apple, Facebook) offer legacy contacts, many do not. It recommends appointing a digital executor and leveraging password managers’ emergency/legacy-access features (such as Bitwarden) to transfer account access, while recognizing legal uncertainties, varied state laws, and probate delays cited by the American Bar Association.

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