where the links are liable to be tapped, by sending the data in shares which makes the task of the eavesdropper harder. The security in such environments can be made greater by continuous changing of the way the shares are constructed.

"Secure" versus "insecure" secret sharing

A secure secret sharing scheme distributes shares so that anyone with fewer than t shares has no more information about the secret than someone with 0 shares.

Consider for example the secret sharing scheme in which the secret phrase "password"

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