Re:Ask HN: How do you pass on your work when you die?
by Canada on Monday September 26, 2016 @05:04AM
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Do you have a will? Issues such as who will inherit copyright ownership of your work should be handled there.
As for passwords, keys and so on, you can put all that into a single archive. (eg. regularly export your password manager, put any private keys you want to pass on, instructions for how to use them, etc)
Encrypt the tarball/zip file with a symmetric key.
Then you can use Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme to split up the key so that a certain threshold of key holders is required to access the data (eg. Any 2 of 4): http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/
Distribute the parts of the key to your heirs.
Leave instructions in your will so your heirs can locate the encrypted file when the time comes.
As for passwords, keys and so on, you can put all that into a single archive. (eg. regularly export your password manager, put any private keys you want to pass on, instructions for how to use them, etc)
Encrypt the tarball/zip file with a symmetric key.
Then you can use Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme to split up the key so that a certain threshold of key holders is required to access the data (eg. Any 2 of 4): http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/
Distribute the parts of the key to your heirs.
Leave instructions in your will so your heirs can locate the encrypted file when the time comes.