# The Encryption Module

The FIRM Guide (thefirmguide.com) — companion to The Recoverable Family.
Fill this in privately (any text editor or by hand), then store it in your Vault.


## Secure Guide Starter Template — Encryption

> One Secure Guide entry per encryption method or tool — never per file or container. Files and containers are documented in their own Modules and marked “encrypted with <method> — see the Encryption Module”; this section holds the other half: how each method is opened by someone who is not you. Link to credentials in your password manager rather than recording them here.

Encryption sounds technical, but most of the protection is already built into your devices — the work is turning it on and keeping the keys findable by the right people. And remember: in practice, no one breaks good encryption — they talk someone out of the key. No legitimate process ever needs a passphrase or recovery key read over a phone or typed into a link; anyone asking, however convincing, is the attack. The keys themselves live in the password manager or physical Vault — never in this record, and never inside the container they open.

- Encryption Method / Tool: 

- How to Decrypt: 

- Software Backup Copy Location: 

- Key Location: 

- Recovery Key Available?: 

- Passphrase Hint: 

- Rotation / Review Plan: 

- Last Verified: 

- Tags: 


## Family Guide Starter Template — Encryption

> This template contains no sensitive information. It can be stored with household documents.

> In the matching Secure Guide section: one entry per encryption method or tool — how to decrypt, key location by reference, recovery status.
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> That detail is what makes recovery possible — and it is protected in the Vault, which opens with The Vault Key. The key is never written here, by design. The people listed on this page know how it is kept, and the steward's job is to keep that path current, so this page never leads to a locked door.

- What exists: 

- How used: 

- How encryption tool is obtained/found: 

- Who manages: 

- Who to call: 

### Additional Guidance