Aaron Feickert - Mnemonic seeds for risky situations (MoneroKon 2025)

An important but overlooked use case for digital asset mnemonic seeds is risky situations like border crossings, where inspection or seizure of property could make possession of a written mnemonic dangerous. How can these situations be handled safely? We will look at existing approaches with a critical eye and identify important concerns. We will then propose a controversial alternative that uses off-the-shelf cryptographic components in a new way.