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Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by orangepurple »

sytelus wrote: post #63

I think it is super important that you give this information to lawyer who makes your will and no one else. Especially not your spouse. Why? Statistically, 30% of spouses cheat and get deeply enamored in affairs where anything can happen. It's one of the most fascinating facets of human relationship. Most people think it will never happen to them but it is extraordinarily random with no rhyme or reason. There are peo…

The cheating and divorce rate probability density function is much more dense for men in the dimensions of physical appearance and economic stability when they are both average or low.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by bartvk »

vietvu wrote: post #70

I have planned something like this when I was mentally down years ago. Basically a dead man switch, where it would send an email to my family if I did not extend it every 3 months. Yeah, I might forget, but I am a neat and good with memory and it didn't happen trigger. I turned it off after about a year, after I got better and finally see it as meaningless. Even now, I always think: After all, nothing would matter if…

You don't have kids? My significant other is an adult, but I definitely have savings that needs to end up with the kid.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by alimov »

vietvu wrote: post #70

I have planned something like this when I was mentally down years ago. Basically a dead man switch, where it would send an email to my family if I did not extend it every 3 months. Yeah, I might forget, but I am a neat and good with memory and it didn't happen trigger. I turned it off after about a year, after I got better and finally see it as meaningless. Even now, I always think: After all, nothing would matter if…

A loss of one of us is a loss for all of us. I’m glad you are in a better place.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by howlett »

Pilottwave wrote: post #62
alostpuppy wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh? Do we like it better than last pass?

I used KeePass with google drive sync before, so cant speak to LastPass. What got me interested is that Bitwarden is open-source and empowers you to self-host, which for me goes a long way for establishing trust. It has a modern interface through desktop, browser extensions and CLI. You can choose to cloud-host your vault on bitwarden servers, for convenience, with a very generous free tier. Which is what i've been d…

If you have been taking exports as backup, be aware that any attachments you have were not exported - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31702594

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by Beltiras »

vietvu wrote: post #70

I have planned something like this when I was mentally down years ago. Basically a dead man switch, where it would send an email to my family if I did not extend it every 3 months. Yeah, I might forget, but I am a neat and good with memory and it didn't happen trigger. I turned it off after about a year, after I got better and finally see it as meaningless. Even now, I always think: After all, nothing would matter if…

For the sake of people you care about. Speaking from recent experience. Loved ones have an easier time grieving if they don't have to tackle banks/government/vendor issues as well. I feel it incumbent on me to maintain my affairs in such a manner that they are less of an issue for people I love, should I unexpectedly kick the bucket.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by kippel »

For me the problem with password managers, etc. is that it assumes that there will be a somehow tech savvy partner or relative left behind with all the knowledge of how to open it.

I prefer a method that can work in case me and my partner pass at the same time (e.g. accident). A paper will work for my partner, parents, siblings or an attorney in case of emergency.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by danuker »

smaudet wrote: post #47
Epa095 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't it be handled e.g by the spouse having "half" the key, bitwarden the other "half", which they only gives out after the timeout. Ok, bitwarden and your "trusted one" can collude to open it before, but they must both be in on it.

Better just not to encrypt anything like that. If you have a house, which has windows, your locks do not provide security against someone smashing open the window. Key cutting schemes are a bit like this - no key offers security, only one of several access routes. Having multiple access routes may be desirable and simultaneously a concern - a fireman smashing through your window to save your life is desirable, a burg…

> A key cutting scheme may be useful in the case of mutli tenancy

No. Cutting a key in half doesn't halve its security, but it reduces it exponentially.

256 bits = 2^256 possibilities for bruteforcing

255 bits = 2^255 possibilities for bruteforcing, or half

128 bits = 2^128 possibilities, or 1/(2^128) the security

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by danuker »

Epa095 wrote: post #43
ben-schaaf wrote: post #41

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That just circumvents the other part of the feature; the timeout. It also means you have to trust that individual's security.

Can't it be handled e.g by the spouse having "half" the key, bitwarden the other "half", which they only gives out after the timeout. Ok, bitwarden and your "trusted one" can collude to open it before, but they must both be in on it.

Cutting a key in half doesn't halve its security, but it reduces it exponentially.

256 bits = 2^256 possibilities for bruteforcing

255 bits = 2^255 possibilities for bruteforcing, or half the security of 256 bits

128 bits = 2^128 possibilities, or 1/(2^128) the security

But you can have encryption schemes requiring N-of-M private keys to decrypt.

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by vageli »

danuker wrote: post #77
smaudet wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better just not to encrypt anything like that. If you have a house, which has windows, your locks do not provide security against someone smashing open the window. Key cutting schemes are a bit like this - no key offers security, only one of several access routes. Having multiple access routes may be desirable and simultaneously a concern - a fireman smashing through your window to save your life is desirable, a burg…

> A key cutting scheme may be useful in the case of mutli tenancy No. Cutting a key in half doesn't halve its security, but it reduces it exponentially. 256 bits = 2^256 possibilities for bruteforcing 255 bits = 2^255 possibilities for bruteforcing, or half 128 bits = 2^128 possibilities, or 1/(2^128) the security

You can split up a key using something like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing

Re: Cheat sheet for if I'm gone

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Post by 0x264 »

nasir wrote: post #64

What would be the best and seamless way to host this cheat sheet?

Have an electronic version of it (the main version)

1. Update it every year or so, and 2. Everytime you update it you print a copy version and distribute that as needed.

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