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		octoberfranklin 70 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain ac... Reed-Solomon is error correction, not encryption.

integralid 68 days ago [–]

Reed-Solomon and Shamir secret sharing are quite similar (even though in practice they're used for very different things).

"Do not roll your own crypto" though.

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