In this digital world we live in we need to realize that if something horrible happened to you through death or incapacitation would family members be able to get into the myriad of accounts that you hold the passwords for. I was pretty lucky in that my mom knew the few passwords my dad had. I really did not think about it much until I saw the subject of a podcast that was in my aggreator.
So what would happen if you get hit by a car today and all of the passwords you keep in your brain go to the grave with you. I have a couple of helpful tips. First it is pretty dumb to keep you passwords written down but I bet a lot of you do anyway. The key is to keep passwords in a secure place and in a place where they can be easily updated.
I personally use a program called KeePass my wife has the master password for that application and it is replicated on my backup drives which are in a safety deposit box. As we rotate that drive each month the new passwords are archived there for safe keeping. I feel I am pretty well protected and what other critical passwords that I maintain are also maintained by the team members at RawVoice.
So take precautions now and come up with a plan so that your relatives are not left sitting in front of a computer screen guessing what your passwords are. [ZDNet]