How Shelter’s Cloud Vault Works

Shelter makes storing and sharing your accounts and assets easy, and gives you control over who can access it and when.

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Easily organize and store everything your loved ones will need

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When you open your Shelter, you’re presented with a thoughtful selection of categories and items that your loved ones may need access to.

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Two ways to allow access

Your Trusted Contacts can either have immediate access to view your Shelter, or a timed access that allows you to set when they can view it.

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Immediate Access

When you give your Trusted Contacts immediate access, they will be able to see everything in your Shelter as soon as you confirm them.

  • Can view everything in your Shelter as soon as they are confirmed
  • Have immediate access to your Shelter
  • Must accept your invitation to be your Trusted Contact

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Timed Access

Allows your Trusted Contacts to access your Shelter only if something happens to you. They can request access at any time, but your vault remains locked until a waiting period that you set has passed and you haven’t responded.

  • Can request access to view your Shelter whenever needed
  • Starts the waiting period once they submit a request, giving you time to respond
  • Grants automatic access only if you do not respond within your set number of days (such as in the event of death or incapacitation)

An afternoon to set up. Months and years saved for your loved ones.

Save your loved ones months and even years of stress by providing them a roadmap to manage your estate and protect your legacy.

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How Does Shelter’s Security Work?

Shelter’s platform is built upon a zero-knowledge architecture, meaning that even Shelter employees can’t see, access, or decrypt your encrypted vault.

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FAQs

Shelter is a secure digital vault for storing your accounts, assets, and more that your loved ones will need to know when there’s an emergency or after you die.

You can invite Trusted Contacts to your Shelter, who can access and see the important information you save. You can control whether your Trusted Contacts can see your Shelter immediately or only after you’ve died.

Yes. Shelter’s platform is built upon a zero-knowledge architecture, meaning that we can’t see, access, or decrypt your encrypted Shelter items. You and your Trusted Contacts are the only people who hold the key to decrypt what’s in your Shelter.

Shelter costs $99 per year. There’s no additional charge for your Trusted Contacts to access your Shelter.

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Originally published at: https://getshelter.co/how-it-works/