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notjustanymike on March 20, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Your password should be committed to memory rathe...

You put all your eggs in one egg. Should you pass, your passwords go with you, leaving your next of kin with an incredible headache.

zorlem on March 20, 2015 [–]

Use Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme [0] to store your master password and distribute pieces of the key to several relatives and close friends.

[0] http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/

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