How to Share Passwords Safely with Family and Colleagues

Why chat apps and email are the wrong place

• Copies live forever: in chat history, backups, notifications, and on every device signed into the account.
• No way to revoke: once sent, you cannot take it back — even after the person leaves the team or the family plan.
• Easy to forward: a screenshot or a forward and the password is out of your control.
• Weak spots: email accounts and unencrypted backups are common breach targets.

The safe way: share through an end-to-end encrypted password manager

A good password manager shares an encrypted item or folder directly with another user. Done right, it uses public-key cryptography: the item is encrypted for the recipient’s public key, and only their device can decrypt it. The service in the middle only ever relays ciphertext.

What good sharing looks like

• Roles: “viewer” can use the password; “editor” can also update it.
• Revocation: remove someone and their access ends — ideally with the encryption key rotated so old copies are useless.
• Identity check: a way to confirm you are sharing with the right person, not an impostor key.
• Grouping: share a whole set of logins (a project or folder) instead of one item at a time.

Step by step with Lockvero

1. Put the logins you want to share into a project — for example “Home” or “Client: Acme”.
2. Open the project, choose Share and enter the other person’s email. They need a Lockvero account.
3. Pick a role: viewer or editor.
4. Optionally compare the short security code with them in person or on a call.
5. When they accept, the project appears in their vault — encrypted for their key.
6. To stop sharing, remove them. Lockvero rotates the project key automatically.

Sharing with family

For households, a family plan gives each person their own private vault plus shared projects for what you actually share — Wi-Fi, streaming services, utilities, the kids’ school portal. Private stays private; shared stays in sync.

Sharing at work

Freelancers and small teams can keep a project per client and share it with exactly the people who need it, with view-only access where appropriate. When a contract ends, removing access is one click.

If you already shared a password the unsafe way

1. Change the password on the website — create a new one with a password generator.
2. Save it in your password manager and share it properly.
3. Delete the old messages where you can.