[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":929},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-46916609":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":49,"what":50,"said":79,"maker_in_thread":204,"shape":216,"grid":221,"attempts":890,"same_week":891,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":921,"reader_version":922,"card":923},"46916609","rememory","If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?","title","Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?","https:\u002F\u002Feljojo.github.io\u002Frememory\u002F","eljojo.github.io","eljojo",1770403918,2026,402,233,84,4366,2,"legend","security_privacy","social recovery encryption","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"shamir secret sharing","account recovery","age encryption","memory loss","mixed",-0.155,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},11,30,1,23,65,{"idea":37,"docs":40,"privacy":42,"execution":44,"design":45},{"positive":38,"critical":39},8,17,{"positive":41,"critical":41},0,{"positive":41,"critical":43},3,{"positive":33,"critical":18},{"positive":33,"critical":33},[41,33,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,18,41,43,43,41,41,43,18,18,41,41,41,43,33,18,33,47,33,33,18,48,48,48,43,43,33,43,33,43],4,5,"Due to bike-induced concussions, I've been worried for a while about losing my memory and not being able to log back in.\n\nI combined shamir secret sharing (hashicorp vault's implementation) with age-encryption, and packaged it using WASM for a neat in-browser offline UX.\n\nThe idea is that if something happens to me, my friends and family would help me get back access to the data that matters most to me. 5 out of 7 friends need to agree for the vault to unlock.\n\nTry out the demo in the website, it runs entirely in your browser!",{"problem":51,"audience":57,"pricing":57,"motivation":58,"time_to_build":57,"stack":62,"openness":77,"stage":78,"team_size":77},{"value":52,"source":53,"evidence":54},"Regaining access to computer and accounts if the owner loses memory","maker",[55],{"id":56},"post",null,{"value":59,"source":53,"evidence":60},"Worry about losing memory after bike-induced concussions",[61],{"id":56},[63,67,73],{"value":64,"source":53,"evidence":65},"Shamir secret sharing (HashiCorp Vault implementation)",[66],{"id":56},{"value":26,"source":53,"evidence":68},[69,70],{"id":56},{"id":71,"by":11,"text":72},"46942239","i didn't roll this crypto, using hashicorp and age",{"value":74,"source":53,"evidence":75},"WASM",[76],{"id":56},"unknown","beta",{"praise":80,"objections":107,"requests":148,"questions":159,"alternatives":178},[81,97],{"value":82,"source":83,"evidence":84},"Useful approach to digital inheritance and human-centred recovery","commenter",[85,89,93],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"46917958","nippoo","This kind of thing, widely implemented, would be a game-changer for dealing with assets after someone's death! I maintain my family's IT infrastructure (Google Enterprise admin,…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"46918777","2color","I like that more people are thinking solving some of the problems of digital inheritance we face. These are problems that are so important now that so much of our lives are…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"46921262","KevinChasse","Interesting approach. I like that this is explicit about human recovery rather than pretending crypto alone solves catastrophe. That said, this design and fully stateless systems…",{"value":98,"source":83,"evidence":99},"Shamir-based recovery with browser UX is a good find",[100,104],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"46918176","cbabraham","aw, friend of mine built this way back in the day https:\u002F\u002Fmichael-solomon.net\u002Fkeybearer https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fmsolomon\u002Fkeybearer",{"id":105,"by":11,"text":106},"46918510","no way!!!! I searched for a long time for a solution like this, many could encrypt using shamir but none took an actual file with browser upload and easy UX. and like, 14 years…",[108,122,133,140],{"value":109,"source":83,"evidence":110},"Requires five trustworthy friends, which many people lack",[111,115,118],{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"46922780","kunley","The idea is very noble. In am just thinking about the number of 5, who these times has really five trustable friends not just acquaintances or people bound by some specific…",{"id":116,"by":11,"text":117},"46923324","\"who has five friends?\" has been the number one comment I've received on this, by far. a bubble just popped for me",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"46923902","knifeinhead","Unfortunately, for this to work, you need friends...",{"value":123,"source":83,"evidence":124},"Shamir secret sharing is hard to implement correctly",[125,129],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"46919937","octoberfranklin","Shamir Secret Sharing is notoriously difficult to implement correctly, and even the smallest most subtle bugs result in total compromise. Consider whether you really need this.…",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"46922821","commandersaki","We need a standard or reference for an SSS combined encryption mechanism. It definitely has value, but I don't think anyone will trust a single lonesome implementation no matter…",{"value":134,"source":83,"evidence":135},"5 of 7 threshold is too high",[136],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"46922515","yieldcrv","> 5 out of 7 too high",{"value":141,"source":83,"evidence":142},"Coercion or betrayal by friends is a risk",[143,144],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"46923356","giantfrog","This system introduces a fun question: What’s more likely, that you suffer total spontaneous memory loss or your best friends betray you?",[149,153],{"value":150,"source":83,"evidence":151},"Use a standard or reference for the SSS-plus-encryption scheme",[152],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},{"value":154,"source":83,"evidence":155},"Compile to WASM browser version of a related tool",[156],{"id":157,"by":11,"text":158},"46923509","hey, this is a great idea! I'll link into your app from my readme. I really like that the PDF contains the entire dataset, not just the keys. I see lots of little details around…",[160,164,171],{"value":161,"source":83,"evidence":162},"How to reason about coercion risk and re-sharding over time",[163],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},{"value":165,"source":83,"evidence":166},"How the user remembers they have the vault",[167],{"id":168,"by":169,"text":170},"46920829","0gs","sorry if i missed this question. how do you remember you have this vault?",{"value":172,"source":83,"evidence":173},"What timelock technique is used",[174],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"46922796","fruitworks","What technique did you use for the timelock encryption?",[179,183,190,197],{"value":180,"source":83,"evidence":181},"Keybearer",[182],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},{"value":184,"source":83,"evidence":185},"Bitwarden Emergency Access",[186],{"id":187,"by":188,"text":189},"46921218","seized","Look at Bitwardens Emergency Access: https:\u002F\u002Fbitwarden.com\u002Fhelp\u002Femergency-access\u002F Would also cover banking details or whatever else you want to put in there.",{"value":191,"source":83,"evidence":192},"Google Inactive Account Manager",[193],{"id":194,"by":195,"text":196},"46917778","modeless","For this purpose Google offers \"Inactive Account Manager\" AKA a dead man's switch.",{"value":198,"source":83,"evidence":199},"Amnesia",[200],{"id":201,"by":202,"text":203},"46918443","cedws","I also gave this problem some thought: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fcedws\u002Famnesia",{"comments":205,"answered":47,"key":206},28,[207,210,213],{"id":208,"text":209},"46918703","I didn't know about bit warden doing this until today! I definitely have to look closer into it, been using 1password for more than a decade and I keep being disappointed. I'd…",{"id":211,"text":212},"46918697","this is honestly a very pragmatic solution. the amount of life-long relationships i've seen vanish overnight has got me to reconsider my choices when it comes to single points of…",{"id":214,"text":215},"46918568","do you store stuff in a bank? could you tell me more about it? my account gives me access to one for free and been meaning to put a yubikey there for a while but never 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