What a password manager does well
A password manager creates strong passwords, fills them in for you and keeps them in sync across your devices. That is what it is for: making your own logins safer and easier.
A digital vault for yourself
Digital vault vs password manager: what is the difference?
Many people think a password manager gets their digital life in order. For everyday use, it does. But a password manager is made for you, logging in yourself. It isn't designed for the moment someone else has to do it for you.
What a password manager does not solve
Most password managers have no good way to give someone else access once you can no longer do it yourself. Some have an emergency contact, but that often releases everything at once, with no waiting period or step in between.
On top of that, a password manager revolves around login details. There is no room for which documents belong with them, what someone needs to know first, and what comes after that.
What a digital vault does differently
A digital vault like PassMyBits is end-to-end encrypted. You keep more than passwords in it: contacts, documents, instructions and other details too, organized by topic.
The biggest difference is the handover. You choose a trusted person in advance. They can only get in after an activation request and a time lock. Until then you are in control and can still cancel the request.
Things you can do today
- Keep using your password manager for your daily logins.
- Alongside it, gather the rest: documents, instructions and contacts.
- Pick someone to take over when you can no longer log in yourself.
- Check that this person can only get in after a request and a waiting period, not straight away.
Read more about this on our page about a digital vault for yourself:
A digital vault for yourselfMore than just passwords
Put documents, instructions and access together in one encrypted Pass (digital vault), and decide yourself who takes over later.