keyringlimbo
/ˈkiːrɪŋˌlɪmbəʊ/nounVerified NewThe total lockout state produced by losing access to the password vault that holds access to everything else.
One forgotten master password converts the security system into a sealed room with you outside it. Keyringlimbo is the single point of failure lived from the inside: all the doors locked, and the keyring behind them.
Etym. — *keyring* + *limbo*; the between-state of owning nothing and being owed everything.
Rel. — passworddig
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