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Saw this posted over here: https://sh.itjust.works/post/163355

sounds like a really fun concept that should be shared here too :D

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This basically just means the files themselves become the authentication.

I don't see a singe use-case, where you couldn't just use normal private-key encryption and just save the private key to a file somewhere else. And if you want to distribute it to multiple locations, so that you need all of them, then there are also encryption methods for that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

if nothing else, you could make a pretty fun digital treasure hunt or geocaching thing with it

[–] Whooping_Seal 2 points 2 years ago

While there is no use case I do think it is quite an interesting project, although my opinion maybe clouded by the cool name given the encryption methodology.