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wtallisyesterday at 7:39 PM2 repliesview on HN

You're asking for the encryption key to be derivable by an unrelated system that only has the encrypted file and your password.


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josephcsibleyesterday at 9:25 PM

Yes, that's kind of what you need to be able to successfully back up and restore an encrypted file. Why are you making it sound like that's such a strange thing to want?

shaky-carrouselyesterday at 9:11 PM

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