Ceremony attendees don't leave with part of the signing key. Despite the folklore around these ceremonies that there are 7 people with "the keys to the Interne

Ceremony attendees don't leave with part of the signing key. Despite the folklore around these ceremonies that there are 7 people with "the keys to the Internet", those seven only retain a metal key that is used to access a safety deposit box in the ICANN/IANA facility, each of which contains a smart card of which there is an "m-of-n" configuration to activate HSMs containing the actual key.