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Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments

75 pointsby j0e1over 3 years ago

9 comments

Cycl0psover 3 years ago
The use I see for it is in providing access to critical information in the event of injury or death. One key to family, one to friends, one in a safety deposit box, etc. Copies of legal records and sensitive info can be given to people without the risk it would be misused.<p>The other use is handing&#x2F;hiding them out at a convention and making a big ARG out of it. Which sounds like a lot more fun
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emrebover 3 years ago
Another use case: use it to bring people who are estranged together. Put some crypto wallet seed in it. And give it to them and tell them they have work together to access the money.
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turing_completeover 3 years ago
He absolutely started this project with having a fun name and started to write the code afterwards.
jonplackettover 3 years ago
&gt; WHO IT’S FOR: People named Tom Riddle
redconfettiover 3 years ago
This would be fun for geocaching.<p>Also would be great for releasing really incriminating evidence in the event of your death&#x2F;disappearance.
adchariover 3 years ago
Is this just a threshold secret sharing implementation? Definitely a cool implementation, fun name
sanjayioover 3 years ago
It’d only be natural that this command randomly kills a process for each fragment created.
jonplackettover 3 years ago
&gt; WHO IT’S FOR: People named Tom Riddle<p>:)
hn_throwaway_69over 3 years ago
What an apt name.