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minus-squareHelix@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoIf someone else makes the key to your house, they can make themselves a copy of the key to your house without you noticing.
minus-squareCrescentMadeJr@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoDo you make your own house keys?
minus-squareHelix@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI buy them from the company which makes the lock. If I need an extra key, I make it myself with the machine at my makerspace. People who give their keys away to keymakers and give them their addresses obviously have bad opsec.
minus-squareminkshaman@lemmy.perthchat.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·2 years agoI have in the past yes.
minus-squareDark Arc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoNo… It’s generated on your end, and even if it wasn’t you can replace the private key with your own.
If someone else makes the key to your house, they can make themselves a copy of the key to your house without you noticing.
Do you make your own house keys?
I buy them from the company which makes the lock. If I need an extra key, I make it myself with the machine at my makerspace. People who give their keys away to keymakers and give them their addresses obviously have bad opsec.
I have in the past yes.
No… It’s generated on your end, and even if it wasn’t you can replace the private key with your own.