[no-name-here]

> back those passkeys up to paper

Is writing down passwords something people do? I have countless passwords saved over >20 years and I don’t think I’ve ever recorded one to paper. I even checked a couple of popular password management solutions and they don’t seem to have “print” functionality.

[syntheticnature]

Yes, this is extremely common, both as a continuity means and/or as a localized password manager. Know someone who uses a Rolodex for hers, which is funny and yet it works.

Doesn't work well in office environments, but at home the local threat model is largely fine with this.

[Telaneo]

Yes. Old people constantly do it, since they have no hope of remembering 15 passwords. Sometimes, they can barely remember 1 (one).

I've written down one: the master password for my Keepass database, along with instructions on how to get to and open that file. It's in a 'open if I'm no longer alive' envelope.

[cwillu]

It is absolutely a thing people do. Google even offers a convenient printout as a way to provide account recovery.

[JohnFen]

> Is writing down passwords something people do?

Yes, it's pretty common.

[malfist]

The passphrase to my bitwarden database is in my will. And a bitlocker decryption key is right beside it.

[7402]

Yes:

  Paranoid password printing with a Raspberry Pi
  https://7402.org/blog/2020/paranoid-password-printing-pi.html

[tekla]

It is what the vast majority of people do.

[NetMageSCW]

I doubt if that’s true since the vast majority of people no longer have printers. Not even the vast majority of online people.

[Telaneo]

Both pens and pencils exist.

[tekla]

I was not aware writing down a password required printers.