Vehicle information. You can wrap all of your vehicle information up into a single entry in your password manager. Scan your license and title, add insurance and vehicle information, and maybe loop in personal property tax receipts. NordPass, 1Password, and Proton Pass all allow you to add attachments to entries, as well as notes.
Software licenses. Most software today is sold with a software-as-a-service model, so accessing someone’s login is most important. If you have perpetual software licenses, though, you’ll probably want to add them to your vault as an encrypted note.
Non-account secrets. This is probably the most practical thing to store in your password manager in the event you need to transfer access. There are a ton of secrets you need to remember that aren’t tied to an online account. I’m talking about gate codes, PINs, and patterns for your devices, recovery codes, lock combinations; the list goes on. Store them in your vault as encrypted notes.
2FA/MFA details. A lot of password managers allow you to store 2FA codes, including Proton Pass and 1Password (though not NordPass). It’s not the best idea for security, but in the context of digital legacy, you should store some information about accounts that have 2FA enabled. Add a note to logins that have 2FA enabled, along with recovery information for those accounts.
Pass on Your Passwords When You Pass
Death isn’t fun to think about, no, but setting up your digital legacy is only becoming more important. Today, precious little exists only in the physical world; nearly everything is tied to an online account or service in some way. Dealing with who owns your digital assets is something you can define in a will or trust. But that doesn’t always account for the unexpected.
Emergency access is important if you pass away, but it’s also important if you can’t get access to your account for any reason, especially in the aftermath of an emergency.
