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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/13/26 4:43 AM, Michael Kjörling
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">True; but what I noted is orthogonal to backups. Backing up, say, the
password database is a way to ensure that access to that encrypted
password database is not lost; but it has no bearing on accessing the
<span class="moz-txt-underscore"><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>contents<span
class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span> of the database (assuming access to the ciphertext) as
readable plain text. Having a defined way by which a specific other
party can gain access to the <span class="moz-txt-underscore"><span
class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>contents<span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span> of a password database that
this party <span class="moz-txt-underscore"><span class="moz-txt-tag">_</span>has<span
class="moz-txt-tag">_</span></span> access to is a related, but separate, problem.</pre>
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<p>Go ahead and say they are orthogonal, but both dimensions need to
work in concert and have to be brought together in a coordinated
way. Making sure heirs have a key is pretty worthless if they
don't also have up-to-date data, and vice versa.</p>
<p>Some surviving human needs to have access to both. And need to <i>know</i>
s/he has access (i.e., where to look). And know what to do with
the parts.</p>
<p>-kb</p>
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