# The Passwords and Passkeys 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 — Passwords and Passkeys

> One Secure Guide entry per credential/password tool or method — the goal is to document each method, not each account. A household may run more than one password manager (one entry each), and passkeys count as a method of their own. Store this inside your Vault; update at the semi-annual review.

This Module documents how your passwords and passkeys are managed — the mechanisms and how they work together. It is not a list of accounts; those are documented in later Modules. The mental model is simple: every critical password lives in the password manager, and the password manager opens only with The Vault Key. The Vault Key may be a master password, a combination, a physical key — and may combine something you know, something you have, and something you are. The implementation differs from family to family. What matters is that this section holds the instructions, and the Family Guide gives your loved ones the high-level picture.

The Vault Key gets the most deliberate friction in the whole FIRM System — memorized or physically secured, with a recovery copy sealed in the physical Vault and an emergency-access path someone you trust has actually tested. Two modern cautions belong here too. Accounts are now lost through the recovery path more often than the password — walk your reset options deliberately. And an “I'm locked out, help me get back in” request, even in a familiar voice, gets a callback on a known number before anyone acts.

- Credential/Password Tool: 

- Security Tool Type: 

- Used For: 

- Secondary Method: 

- Backup Codes Location: 

- Hardware Key Serial: 

- Stored Physically?: 

- Recovery Instructions: 

- Last Checked / Updated: 

- Tags: 


## Family Guide Starter Template — Passwords and Passkeys

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

> In the matching Secure Guide section: one entry per credential/password tool or method — managers, passkeys, hardware keys, backup codes by reference.
>
> 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: 

- Where stored: 

- Who manages: 

- Who to call: 

### Additional Guidance