Hi everyone! I’m an art student working on a project about keys, and l’d love to hear personal stories behind them🥺 Would anyone be willing to share a key that means something to them, along with the story behind it? ❗️Please avoid posting photo of your actual keys, just in case someone might misuse them.
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It could be a house key connected to a special memory, something that happened in a particular place, or even a small part of your everyday life.
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It doesn’t have to be a house key, either. Maybe it belongs to a drawer, or something else entirely. Perhaps there’s a reason you’ve kept it for years, or a memory attached to it that you’ve never really thought about sharing.
Thanks for reading, and thanks to anyone who feels like sharing☺️
Does private key mean a number that’s special to you? If so, my private key is 94☺️ I’ve always felt like there’s a 94 somewhere in the world that belongs to me, entirely and forever
Nah. This is a reference to a piece of pretty embarassing IT security news this week. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/the-internet-goes-on-high-alert-after-discovery-of-8-compromised-tls-certs/
94 is marginally better than 4 (I’m actively avoiding to say ‘a bit better’ here). But you still shouldn’t tell anyone your private key.
Thank you for explaining the whole thing and even linking the article!❤️ Now I finally understand the full story, that’s actually wild😭 But seriously, how was that even allowed x/
(Indian certification authority eMudhra’s private keys turned out to not really be 384-bit, and as basic as “4” (they didn’t find a 94 tho!). It was huge & memey news a few days ago, but then 4 php vulnerabilities surfaced so it could be that “4”.)
OHHH, I get it now! That’s such a witty and clever answer, I love it! ☝️🤓I’m actually a hacker myself, I should’ve known about this sooner.
**I just read the article, and that could actually be really dangerous for people. Sometimes I joke around a bit too much, so I hope my earlier comment didn’t come across the wrong way :p :)