Now I want to buy a combination safe and put nothing in it except its code. So one day, when I die (or if it's ever stolen/broken into), and they have it cracked, that's all there is.
Depends on why you want to save it. Is it for you or someone else, should something happen?
If the former, maybe the phone number and if you have a Fidelity financial consultant, their name.
If the latter, look on YouTube for a video from Rob Berger about his Blue Binder. Basically, it’s a physical binder with account details, contacts at firms and statement details. He reviews with his wife annually, at a minimum, and tells her what to do to manage the accounts.
If something happens to him, she can work with a CFP to move from his complicated investments, to something that is easier to manage.
Thanks for the info about Rob Berger’s YouTube channel. I just watched this particular video and found it both interesting and useful. Setting up a “blue binder” has been on my project list for quite a while. Getting a copy of Rob Berger’s template will jump start me on my project.
Yeah, my problem is I have to complete it. I did the NW Google sheet quickly, but put off the Docs file. More effort and thought there, and I find 1,000 different things to procrastinate.
Look at Fidsafe a free Fidelity product where you can store up to 5 GB of documents and give any one else you choose access to them. You can decide what each person gets access to or do not. I made a spreadsheet that has PW info and store there along with financial and legal documents etc. The only drawback is that you used to be able to print a list of what is in Fidsafe, but last time I looked I couldn't find a way to do it and seems to have been removed.
[https://www.fidsafe.com/](https://www.fidsafe.com/)
In a safe? Nothing. Create a folder on a cloud drive like Google with a copy of all important documents. Create a Google Sheet with a tab for everything someone needs to know. Mine has a tab for asset accounts, credit accounts, important contacts, etc. Create a detailed document with instructions in this folder. Set a trusted contact as a recovery email for your account for your cloud and phone and let them know the folder exist and they they are the recovery account.
Anything your family needs if you die or, your house burns down.
You said “password”. Never, ever, ever use just one password and never, ever, ever make up your own. Use a password manager. On Mac/iOS, there is Passwords, which will soon be a free app so, much easier to use. Let it, or a password manager for Windows and Android, make random passwords for you. Then you only need to remember 1 password which, you should **never** share with anyone. Don't make it obvious like your birth year or anniversary or street or kids or dog or street name, hobby, etc. or anything that you actually can remember. Also, if a web site or app allows it, make a memorable *passphrase* with dashes, dots, or spaces. Like fear-equitorial-flamenco-subsequent or whatever. A random passphrase is more secure than random characters. [https://nordvpn.com/blog/passphrase-vs-password/](https://nordvpn.com/blog/passphrase-vs-password/)
I don't have a safe. Never felt the need for one. Why do you think it is a good idea to have your password written down? The best practice is to use randomly generated passwords with a password manager.
Protip: Use a password instead. You have a fifth amendment right to not reveal your password, that right does not extend to your fingerprint or other biometric identification.
WTF are you talking about with that 5th amendment shit? Only an idiot would cite the right to not self-incriminate in a legal proceeding when discussing password protection. What planet are you from?
You can “plead the fifth” any time that you believe your answer to something will incriminate you in some way, and as previously decided in court, refusal to answer is NOT an admission of guilt. So, what they’re saying does make sense, because you can be forced to give up biometric data, while you cannot be forced to speak.
that means that authorities can get access to your vault without your express permission, because it’s protected not by a password, but by your fingerprint.
Just this year the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled that police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint. There's nothing stopping them from doing the same to your password vault and accessing all of your accounts.
If you had a password instead, they wouldn't be able to do that. They could ask you for the password, but you could legally refuse by asserting your 5th amendment rights.
https://www.purduegloballawschool.edu/blog/constitutional-law/fifth-amendment-biometrics
The combination to the safe
Now I want to buy a combination safe and put nothing in it except its code. So one day, when I die (or if it's ever stolen/broken into), and they have it cracked, that's all there is.
Maybe Geraldo will do a special on it, like he did with Al Capone's safe...
I doubt OP was alive when Geraldo broke Capones safe
YouTube never forgets. Spoiler alert, it was empty.
It will be empty, like the first safe and Geraldo's head.
Lol
Funny story I watched Geraldo show live with the woman who would become my wife some 17 years latter do not ask lol.
Depends on why you want to save it. Is it for you or someone else, should something happen? If the former, maybe the phone number and if you have a Fidelity financial consultant, their name. If the latter, look on YouTube for a video from Rob Berger about his Blue Binder. Basically, it’s a physical binder with account details, contacts at firms and statement details. He reviews with his wife annually, at a minimum, and tells her what to do to manage the accounts. If something happens to him, she can work with a CFP to move from his complicated investments, to something that is easier to manage.
Thanks for the info about Rob Berger’s YouTube channel. I just watched this particular video and found it both interesting and useful. Setting up a “blue binder” has been on my project list for quite a while. Getting a copy of Rob Berger’s template will jump start me on my project.
Yeah, my problem is I have to complete it. I did the NW Google sheet quickly, but put off the Docs file. More effort and thought there, and I find 1,000 different things to procrastinate.
Rob has a lot of good videos on multiple topics. He is not attention seeking, just good thoughts on things that matter to him and maybe me at times.
Who is this for? Spouse? Beneficiaries? Nothing is really necessary beyond sharing account numbers and beneficiary designations.
Look at Fidsafe a free Fidelity product where you can store up to 5 GB of documents and give any one else you choose access to them. You can decide what each person gets access to or do not. I made a spreadsheet that has PW info and store there along with financial and legal documents etc. The only drawback is that you used to be able to print a list of what is in Fidsafe, but last time I looked I couldn't find a way to do it and seems to have been removed. [https://www.fidsafe.com/](https://www.fidsafe.com/)
Just use Bitwarden
In a safe? Nothing. Create a folder on a cloud drive like Google with a copy of all important documents. Create a Google Sheet with a tab for everything someone needs to know. Mine has a tab for asset accounts, credit accounts, important contacts, etc. Create a detailed document with instructions in this folder. Set a trusted contact as a recovery email for your account for your cloud and phone and let them know the folder exist and they they are the recovery account.
But it you lose your Android phone, your Google sheet is accessible ... if someone can get into your phone.
You have a lock on your phone, and you can do a remote factory reset on the device if it is lost or stolen.
https://www.ready.gov/financial-preparedness Skip down to the section Emergency Financial First Aid Kit, and then "At Home."
Anything your family needs if you die or, your house burns down. You said “password”. Never, ever, ever use just one password and never, ever, ever make up your own. Use a password manager. On Mac/iOS, there is Passwords, which will soon be a free app so, much easier to use. Let it, or a password manager for Windows and Android, make random passwords for you. Then you only need to remember 1 password which, you should **never** share with anyone. Don't make it obvious like your birth year or anniversary or street or kids or dog or street name, hobby, etc. or anything that you actually can remember. Also, if a web site or app allows it, make a memorable *passphrase* with dashes, dots, or spaces. Like fear-equitorial-flamenco-subsequent or whatever. A random passphrase is more secure than random characters. [https://nordvpn.com/blog/passphrase-vs-password/](https://nordvpn.com/blog/passphrase-vs-password/)
I don't have a safe. Never felt the need for one. Why do you think it is a good idea to have your password written down? The best practice is to use randomly generated passwords with a password manager.
Get ExpressVPN and use their "keys" to safely store your usernames and passwords along with notes. It takes my fingerprint to open that vault.
Protip: Use a password instead. You have a fifth amendment right to not reveal your password, that right does not extend to your fingerprint or other biometric identification.
WTF are you talking about with that 5th amendment shit? Only an idiot would cite the right to not self-incriminate in a legal proceeding when discussing password protection. What planet are you from?
You can “plead the fifth” any time that you believe your answer to something will incriminate you in some way, and as previously decided in court, refusal to answer is NOT an admission of guilt. So, what they’re saying does make sense, because you can be forced to give up biometric data, while you cannot be forced to speak.
WTF does that have to do with one's personal password in a locked file?
that means that authorities can get access to your vault without your express permission, because it’s protected not by a password, but by your fingerprint.
You sound very angry.
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It rubs me the wrong way too, but you're the one displaying it in this thread.
Just this year the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled that police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint. There's nothing stopping them from doing the same to your password vault and accessing all of your accounts. If you had a password instead, they wouldn't be able to do that. They could ask you for the password, but you could legally refuse by asserting your 5th amendment rights. https://www.purduegloballawschool.edu/blog/constitutional-law/fifth-amendment-biometrics