There and Back Again - A Key-Master Tale
Published on 4th August 2025 by Debbie
So let's start at the very beginning, as it's always a very good place to start!
At the end of last year, sadly a family member was rushed into hospital unable to breathe and subsequently had to have 2 major heart operations. Thankfully a friend was staying and was able to call for an ambulance and let the paramedics into the house. But what if that friend wasn't staying, how would the paramedics have been able to get into the house? You're never prepared for moments like this in your life, but once they happen, you can't help but want to put proper precautions in place.
We decided to install a key safe outside the house so family and friends could get access to the house in an emergency. Once the code was decided, the most important thing was letting them all know the code. Within a couple of hours, I had forgotten the code (eye-roll!). The odds were therefore quite high that so would everyone else or they'd forget where they'd written it down. So how could we fix this problem and make it easy for the right people to have access? Well my friends, the answer is Key-Master!
Phil has always been an idea creator, so one evening, bam he said 'What if we put a QR code on the key safe that people can scan and if they've been given access they can get the code'! No more remembering the code, no more looking through messages to find where the code had been sent, and no more panic in the moment when you can't find the code.
With it being a QR code, we realised that it could actually be stuck anywhere, so if someone didn't have a key safe, but a nearby neighbour has a key, or a key is hidden, then that can be the Secret that is shared. As Key-Master took shape, we also realised the potential for so many other types of Secrets to be shared, the list is endless and the choice is all yours. We want Key-Master to help people like it's now helping us, it's as simple as that.
So why Key-Master? All Ghostbuster fans will know the reference! We are both huge film fans, especially the 80s and 90s classics, so you will notice film quotes and references throughout the site. Life is too serious, it's good for the soul to laugh so we hope you enjoy spotting these as much as we've enjoyed writing them!
The Keymaster and Gatekeeper in the 1984 Ghostbusters Film
Key Safe and Home Insurance
Published on 3rd September 2025 by Phil
Let's be real, sharing spare house keys with family, carers, or contractors has never felt more convenient thanks to key-safes. But here's something important to remember: installing one without updating your insurance could put your family and your home at risk.
An Introduction to Encryption and Hashing
Published on 11th August 2025 by Phil
Hashing and encryption hide data with one key difference - encryption is reversible, whereas hashing is not - in the ideal. Hashing is also deterministic - the same input always produces the same output.
Hashing is used for integrity verificat...
There and Back Again - A Key-Master Tale
Published on 4th August 2025 by Debbie
So let's start at the very beginning, as it's always a very good place to start!
At the end of last year, sadly a family member was rushed into hospital unable to breathe and subsequently had to have 2 major heart operations...