[Cryptography] Secret sharing for family members

[Christian Huitema]

On 10/14/2020 9:16 PM, Richard Outerbridge wrote:
>
>> On 2020-10-14 (288), at 20:50:51, Ángel <angel at crypto.16bits.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 2020-10-10 at 08:29 -0700, Henry Baker wrote:
>>> In these days of 'digital estates', where each of us
>>> controls a large swath of digital accounts,
> [ …. ]
>
>>> Are there any products/services that *safely*
>>> handle these situations?
>> Store an offline copy (such as a CD) of the password
>> manager file holding all those digital estates in a safe.
>>
>> If the need arises that you are (temporarily or permanently)
>> unable to handle your 'digital estate', your family member may take the
>> safe key from you and access it.
>>
>> A physical solution seems preferable than a cryptonerd one here.
>>
>> Best
> Umm, when was the last time you bought a CD burning drive
> equipped laptop let alone PC?  Let alone blank CDs from a
> neighbourhood convenience store?  Let alone a safety deposit
> box, &tc, &tc.
> __outer

If you are going to store it in a safe, printing on paper seems the
simplest.

If you believe in nerndess, print QR codes. Otherwise, plaintext seems fine.

-- Christian Huitema