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I think it is a good idea in theory also, there I just that voice that says "well now that key is out of my possession" and it scares me a bit. I think I might
by nerdjon 3y ago
I think it is a good idea in theory also, there I just that voice that says "well now that key is out of my possession" and it scares me a bit.
I think I might need to look up to see if there is a known pattern to these keys that it could be easily figured out what it is even if it is just on a sheet with no context. Particularly 1Password which I think is a pattern if I remember correctly.
- e40 3y ago> Particularly 1Password which I think is a pattern if I remember correctly. What does that mean?
- hackinthebochs 3y agoProbably that the key has features that allows 1Password (and potentially anyone) to recognize that its a 1Password key. E.g. Fixed size, patterns of spaces or dashes, specific digits, embedded error correction, etc.
- nerdjon 3y agoYeah that is what I mean. Similar to how a lot of package companies have a certain pattern, length, whatever for their tracking numbers. If there was a somewhat reliable way to say "This is a 1Password key" or "This is an iCloud key" it makes it means even without context it could be an issue.
- robmccoll 3y agoYou could split the key a few ways if you don't want to trust that one of your stores won't be compromised https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_secret_sharing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_secret_sharing
- IncreasePosts 3y agoOr, just apply some simple, easy to remember permutation to the key that no one would be likely to guess - eg rot13 the key, or add 1 to every character, move the first 14 characters of the key to the end of the key, etc.