Helping other people break back into their own accounts simply because they’ve forgotten the password is tediously frustrating
I’ve done it enough to start getting good at it.
At this point I’m kind of scared of how easy it is.
I’m at a point where if someone says they don’t remember a password, my next question is “can I see your phone for a second” and as long as they hand it to me unlocked I’ll be in the account in about two minutes.
That’s easy enough for people who actually have things set up in a reasonable way. My mother has an iPhone but all her services are Google and she often can’t even get into her fucking phone because she can’t find it. So when she can’t find her phone and can’t remember her Apple password so we can’t log into iCloud to do Find Your Phone, and she can’t remember her Google password so we can get into her email so we can reset the Apple password it’s kind of a clusterfuck.
Well yeah without an active session into something it gets tricky.
I just shamelessly start saving their credentials into my bitwarden.
My relatives that I was able to train into using it, have their passwords shared with me via organizations. And I’m set up as their vault recovery.
I also have “parental” access to the location of my grandmas tablet and phone. Which also doubles as a way to see if she’s turned on airplane mode and isn’t getting our calls and messages.
I’ve done it enough to start getting good at it.
At this point I’m kind of scared of how easy it is.
I’m at a point where if someone says they don’t remember a password, my next question is “can I see your phone for a second” and as long as they hand it to me unlocked I’ll be in the account in about two minutes.
Helped a staff member where I work with this, was not fun.
Went back and forth with Microsoft for days before we got her back in.
That’s easy enough for people who actually have things set up in a reasonable way. My mother has an iPhone but all her services are Google and she often can’t even get into her fucking phone because she can’t find it. So when she can’t find her phone and can’t remember her Apple password so we can’t log into iCloud to do Find Your Phone, and she can’t remember her Google password so we can get into her email so we can reset the Apple password it’s kind of a clusterfuck.
Well yeah without an active session into something it gets tricky.
I just shamelessly start saving their credentials into my bitwarden.
My relatives that I was able to train into using it, have their passwords shared with me via organizations. And I’m set up as their vault recovery.
I also have “parental” access to the location of my grandmas tablet and phone. Which also doubles as a way to see if she’s turned on airplane mode and isn’t getting our calls and messages.