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##Offer them an alternative.

Offer them an alternative.

People are giving you their password for a reason. They want you to do something with it. Find out what it is, and find another way to do that.

  1. They want you to log on and "do" something for them? Fix, post, explain?

Have them log on instead, and help them afterwards. Use remote assistance or teamviewer to take over their screen, or easy enough just Skype to share the screen and tell them where to clicK.

  1. They want you to have the password in case they can't access a computer and the account needs work? Might be in case of death or illness, or just a coworker during a vacation time.

First of all, same principle: try finding another way to do what it is they want you to do. Memorialize the facebook wall - there are procedures for that. For a co-worker, maybe the IT department can give you the same rights to do what he can?

Second, find an alternative to having the password: have them put it in their will, or in a vault where you can access it but they'll see you have done so when it happens.

##Offer them an alternative.

People are giving you their password for a reason. They want you to do something with it. Find out what it is, and find another way to do that.

  1. They want you to log on and "do" something for them? Fix, post, explain?

Have them log on instead, and help them afterwards. Use remote assistance or teamviewer to take over their screen, or easy enough just Skype to share the screen and tell them where to clicK.

  1. They want you to have the password in case they can't access a computer and the account needs work? Might be in case of death or illness, or just a coworker during a vacation time.

First of all, same principle: try finding another way to do what it is they want you to do. Memorialize the facebook wall - there are procedures for that. For a co-worker, maybe the IT department can give you the same rights to do what he can?

Second, find an alternative to having the password: have them put it in their will, or in a vault where you can access it but they'll see you have done so when it happens.

Offer them an alternative.

People are giving you their password for a reason. They want you to do something with it. Find out what it is, and find another way to do that.

  1. They want you to log on and "do" something for them? Fix, post, explain?

Have them log on instead, and help them afterwards. Use remote assistance or teamviewer to take over their screen, or easy enough just Skype to share the screen and tell them where to clicK.

  1. They want you to have the password in case they can't access a computer and the account needs work? Might be in case of death or illness, or just a coworker during a vacation time.

First of all, same principle: try finding another way to do what it is they want you to do. Memorialize the facebook wall - there are procedures for that. For a co-worker, maybe the IT department can give you the same rights to do what he can?

Second, find an alternative to having the password: have them put it in their will, or in a vault where you can access it but they'll see you have done so when it happens.

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##Offer them an alternative.

People are giving you their password for a reason. They want you to do something with it. Find out what it is, and find another way to do that.

  1. They want you to log on and "do" something for them? Fix, post, explain?

Have them log on instead, and help them afterwards. Use remote assistance or teamviewer to take over their screen, or easy enough just Skype to share the screen and tell them where to clicK.

  1. They want you to have the password in case they can't access a computer and the account needs work? Might be in case of death or illness, or just a coworker during a vacation time.

First of all, same principle: try finding another way to do what it is they want you to do. Memorialize the facebook wall - there are procedures for that. For a co-worker, maybe the IT department can give you the same rights to do what he can?

Second, find an alternative to having the password: have them put it in their will, or in a vault where you can access it but they'll see you have done so when it happens.