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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by sbrm1 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:03AM (#16059548)
>The part I struggle with most, is how/where to store these & Authy/Google Authenticator tokens in a manner that they can be delivered to specific people in the case of my death without decreasing security.

Something I've often wondered about...

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone use an alternative to a password mana... by aaronduino on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @06:09AM (#16060057)
I recommend reading about Shamir Secret Sharing. You could have a system setup such that (for example) you give 16 friends each a code and 9 of your 16 trusted friends all have to work together in order to get the original secret.
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