The SecureKeep blog
Guides for getting your family's affairs in order.
Plain-English guides on passwords, digital legacy, estate planning, and the money families don't know they've inherited.
Written by Heston Dsouza, who builds SecureKeep
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The 6-Minute Family Password Vault Setup
Most password-manager setup flows are a wall of features that ask you to make ten decisions before you've used the app once. SecureKeep's first-run wizard is six steps, three of them skippable, built for the household digital steward. Here's what each step does and why.
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Inside SecureKeep
The 6-Minute Family Password Vault Setup
Most password-manager setup flows are a wall of features that ask you to make ten decisions before you've used the app once. SecureKeep's first-run wizard is six steps, three of them skippable, built for the household digital steward. Here's what each step does and why.
Family & legacy
Where to Store Backup Codes Safely (And Share Them With Your Spouse)
Backup codes are the keys to your accounts when your phone is gone, your authenticator app is wiped, or your spouse needs to log in without you. Here's how to store them safely, why they belong somewhere different than your TOTP secret, and what most people get wrong.
Password managers
Password Managers Without a Subscription: 2026 Buyer's Guide
Almost every mainstream password manager is now a subscription. Here is the 2026 guide to the ones that aren't: what you actually get for a one-time payment, where the trade-offs are, and the case for SecureKeep at $7.99 once.
Password managers
Bitwarden vs SecureKeep: Cloud Sync vs Local-Only
Bitwarden trusted you with the data. SecureKeep doesn't even ask for it. Both are well-built products with different architectures, and this is a careful side-by-side look at when cloud sync matters, when it doesn't, and which one fits your household.
Password managers
1Password vs SecureKeep: Subscription vs One-Time Pricing
1Password bills you every year. SecureKeep is $7.99 once. The two products solve different problems for different households, and this is a careful side-by-side look at what you actually trade when you choose one over the other.
Password managers
The Best LastPass Alternative for Families in 2026
After three breaches and a price hike, a lot of LastPass users are looking for somewhere else to land. This is a comparison of the options worth considering for families in 2026, including the case for a $7.99 one-time-purchase local-only vault that nobody else is making.
Password managers
How to Move from Chrome or Apple Passwords to a Real Vault
Your Chrome passwords are one lost Google account away from gone, and Apple Passwords doesn't travel well outside Apple's ecosystem. Here is how to export from either one and import every entry into SecureKeep, a vault your family can rely on when a browser can't.
Password managers
Switching from Bitwarden: A Local-Only Alternative for Families
Bitwarden trusted you with the data. SecureKeep doesn't even ask for it. Here is how to export your Bitwarden vault, import every entry into SecureKeep on iPhone or Android, and understand the architectural reason a lot of Bitwarden users are switching.
Password managers
How to Migrate from 1Password to a Family Vault (Step-by-Step)
You can own your data outright, pay once, and keep everything on your phone. Here is how to export your 1Password vault and import every entry, TOTP secrets and all, into SecureKeep in just a few minutes.
Password managers
How to Import Passwords from LastPass to SecureKeep (Step-by-Step)
After three breaches, leaving LastPass is the easy part. The harder question is where your passwords land next. Here is how to export your LastPass vault and import every entry into SecureKeep on iPhone or Android, start to finish in a couple of minutes.
Family & legacy
What Actually Happens to Your Digital Accounts When You Die
Your Google account, your Apple ID, your Facebook, your Instagram, your phone. Every one has its own policy for what happens after you die. Very few match what most people assume. A practical walkthrough of the defaults, and how to actually set your wishes.
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Leave Your Voice Behind: Why We Added Video and Audio Messages to SecureKeep
A saved password is a string of characters. An insurance policy is a number in a file. Neither will make your daughter feel less alone on a Tuesday three years from now. Here's why we added encrypted video and audio messages to SecureKeep, and how families use them.
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Why SecureKeep Has No Login Screen: The Local-Only Vault, Explained
Most apps open with a signup form. SecureKeep opens with a vault, and never asks for an email, an account, or a password it can send to a server. Here's how the local-only, zero-knowledge architecture works, and why it quietly matters more than any other feature.
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The Emergency Card: A One-Page Document That Could Save Your Family Hours When Seconds Matter
Medical information, emergency contacts, insurance details, doctor's name: all on one exportable page your family can print, save, or show to a paramedic, even if your phone is locked. How we built the Emergency Card, and why it's probably the most-used feature in SecureKeep.
Family & legacy
Unclaimed: The Global Pattern of Money Families Don't Know They've Inherited
It isn't only an Indian problem. US state treasuries hold tens of billions in unclaimed property. The UK has a Dormant Assets Scheme for the same reason. Australia has a Lost Super database. Here is the global map, and the single fix that works everywhere.
India
Nominee vs Legal Heir in India: Why 'I Added a Nominee' Isn't Enough
A nominee is a trustee, not an owner. Indian courts have been clear on this for four decades. Yet most families assume naming a nominee is the same as naming an heir. Here is what the law actually says, and what to do about it.
India
Beyond Mutual Funds: The EPF, PPF, Insurance, and Bank FDs Indian Families Never Claim
Mutual funds aren't the only place Indian families leave money behind. EPF, PPF, insurance policies, and bank fixed deposits hold even more. Here is the map of where it hides, and the five steps to make sure yours does not join it.
India
Unclaimed: Why Thousands of Crores in Indian Mutual Funds Sit Waiting for Families Who Don't Know They Exist
The Government of India has highlighted the scale of unclaimed investor wealth sitting in inactive mutual fund folios and the IEPF. Much of it will never be claimed for one reason: families were never told it existed. Here is how to keep yours from joining them.
Family & legacy
The 10-Minute Family Information Kit: The Checklist We Wish Every Adult Would Fill Out
A step-by-step checklist your family will thank you for. What to list, what to store, what to tell one trusted person, all in under ten minutes. Expandable to a full family binder over one weekend.
Family & legacy
Digital Legacy: The Folder Every Adult Forgets to Build
If something happened to you tomorrow, could the people you love get into your accounts? A walkthrough of the digital legacy folder: what goes in, why it matters, and how to build yours in under an hour.