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I was thinking of putting my social security card + the master password to my bitwarden account in a safe deposit box. Good to know that's not a good idea.
by noaoh 4y ago
I was thinking of putting my social security card + the master password to my bitwarden account in a safe deposit box. Good to know that's not a good idea.
- ghaff 4y agoI haven't had a physical social security card since a wallet was stolen 40+ years ago and I've never needed it. And there are various approaches to safeguarding passwords that don't involve writing it down in one place.
- Obscurity4340 4y agoJust spend a few hours making and scattering "horcruxes".
- OJFord 4y agoShamir secret sharing is a rigorous way to do it. Maybe for this purpose just spreading catenable chunks and some duplicates would be fine though. (It would 'just' mean one being discovered weakens the overall password, if the finder knows what it is. With SSS knowing any less than all of the shares doesn't reveal any part of the secret.)
- Snawoot 4y agoWell-known implementation of SSS: https://linux.die.net/man/1/ssss-split https://linux.die.net/man/1/ssss-split