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You could use Samir Secret Sharing to split the secrets in M unrelated strings and then "recover" it with M-k strings. (E.g. Generate 5 keys and require 2 to r
by xtracto 5y ago
You could use Samir Secret Sharing to split the secrets in M unrelated strings and then "recover" it with M-k strings. (E.g. Generate 5 keys and require 2 to recover). That way you can share some of those keys but nobody will have the target password.
- mike_d 5y agoIf I am in a situation where my brain doesn't work well enough to remember a backup passphrase, it isn't going to work well enough to do silly hacker shit. There are very clear directions to my friend for when it is acceptable to access my stuff, and very clear consequences for malice.
- Forbo 5y agoYou can also write very clear instructions on the recovery messages. I plan on doing this very thing for my disk decryption passphrase and password database. It's a standard package available in the base repos, and I'll have step by step instructions on how to recover it. If they can't follow the instructions, then they probably shouldn't be trying to handle my affairs in the event of an emergency, either.