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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-12-04 17:43:03 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2013-12-04 17:43:03 -0400
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shamir secret sharing idea
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@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ To support using gpg keys in the assistant, we need some things:
with many subkeys may not). Debian has command-line utilities that
can generate and read such a QR code.
+ Another way would be to use shamir secret sharing to split the key into
+ N peices and send each one to one of the user's repos.
+
3. Help user learn the gpg keys of people they want to share their repo
with, and give them access. If the public key was recorded in the git-annex
branch, this could be easily determined when sharing repositories with