Change Shared Passwords Immediately After a Breakup or Team Change

It is not about trust or suspicion. It is about hygiene. When someone leaves your personal or professional life, any shared credentials should be rotated immediately. Netflix, Wi-Fi, shared email accounts, cloud storage, work tools — everything they had access to.

People put this off because it feels awkward or petty. But the risk is not just the person you knew — it is their compromised devices, their future behavior you cannot predict, and the fact that old access gets forgotten and becomes a vulnerability. Make it a checklist item, not an emotional decision.