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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by dotnet00 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:32AM (#33965882)
Although not as safe as a printout, I keep codes encrypted on a couple of flash drives, one stays in a drawer and one that's always on my person with my keys, yubikey etc. Haven't needed the codes thus far but feels like a decent compromise.
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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:10AM (#33970772)
Note that flash drives typically use the absolute cheapest NAND cells available and I'm not sure what their shelf life would be...
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Re:Ask HN: If I get locked out of everything, please try to ... by dotnet00 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @12:19AM (#33980276)
That's a fair point, maybe I should have some SSD backups in addition to cloud backups.
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