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My masters thesis was on this! I created an app where you can store your data across all the common data storage providers (dropbox, google drive, onedrive, etc
by 946789987649 4mo ago
My masters thesis was on this! I created an app where you can store your data across all the common data storage providers (dropbox, google drive, onedrive, etc.) and used the secret sharing to aid with the encryption. The benefit was that:
- They could no longer read your data
- Additional redundancy (as you only need 2 to be available)
- Compared to other secure storage apps which rely on a master password, which if you forget, you are screwed, you could still use all the usual account recovery methods.
- luxcem 4mo agoIt seems like a cool idea, did you follow up with a product or an open source app?
- 946789987649 4mo agoUnfortunately no, as most uni students my code was utterly terrible and the app itself was more of a PoC. This was 10 years ago though and it's been on my mind since then, so i'll surely pick it up some point, perhaps after my current start up.
- trelane 4mo agoWhere is your thesis available?
- 946789987649 4mo agoI'm afraid it's not available as it wasn't published. To be honest there wasn't much more than what I posted there, it was quite a practical thesis and really more of a market analysis and practical implementation of a potential consumer product. Currently doing a different startup, but certainly an idea for a future one.
- trelane 4mo agoAh, dang. Thanks for responding anyway!
- AIFSOfficial 4mo ago[flagged]
- stoapoikile 4mo agoDone something similar for mine as well, although the word of the year that day was blockchain, so implemented the same onto Ethereum. It was a fun project, and Secret Sharing is quite an interesting topic!