umm so he had the master key printed out as backup anyway so there was never really any danger if i read correctly. clickbait?
> Ha. I forgot all about it, but in a bout of “what if it doesn’t work” paranoia, I printed out the base64-encoded master key when we had generated it the night before, stuffed it into an envelope, and gave it to John for safekeeping.
That's correct. But also in his stress, he forgot about this. It's a good lesson about how stress can make people do irrational things, like forget the backup they just made.
> Ha. I forgot all about it, but in a bout of “what if it doesn’t work” paranoia, I printed out the base64-encoded master key when we had generated it the night before, stuffed it into an envelope, and gave it to John for safekeeping.