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		aendruk on Aug 31, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Dropbox hack is real I've been pretty happy not even knowing that. (YubiKey OpenPGP smart card + pass) It feels natural for my password manager to be just another thing I have to unlock with a physical key. The security concerns in practice are similar to that of my house keys, so there's pleasantly little mental overhead.

hvis on Sept 1, 2016 [–]

What happens to your password vault when the key suffers a malfunction? Or you lose or physically break it?

aendruk on Sept 1, 2016 | [–]

The key is backed up offline on digital media and paper. As with house and car keys, recovery from damage or loss is costly and inconvenient.

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