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Does an ordinary key hold a special memory for you? 🔑 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by 0094@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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.
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☺️

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[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago (2 children)

My private key is 4

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Hey just FYI that private key has been leaked. All the people talking about it are saying that it's bad to have any key below 255, so you should move to 256 like I did.

[–] 0094@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] 0094@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 days ago

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/

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

(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".)

[–] 0094@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] 0094@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

**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 :)