Security through obscurity. Using microdots to store secrets.
Duration: 00:09:39
Speaker: jseam
Type: Lightning Talk
Expertise: Intermediate
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
Key custody remains a tricky problem to solve. Most of the focus around improving the security of key custody revolve around software based approaches like secret sharing. However, physical approaches are also possible.
This talk discusses on how to secure secrets using microdots and how microdots may be fabricated at home with legally accessible tools.
Microdots is a technique which allows one to shrink documents down. This allows one to embed secrets in documents in plain sight.
