Why 9? It&#x27;s spookily reminiscent of the &quot;Nine Eyes&quot; organisation who&#x27;re the Orwellian bad guys in the latest Bond film, but I see no technical reason the keys cannot be split between 8 or 10 parties. And how much more security do multiple identical servers provide? If one can be hacked — which is frankly a given — so can all the rest.<p>There is nothing in this article that makes me think a system of split keys is any more desirable than when FBI Director Comey proposed the same thing last year. It&#x27;s just a bit more terrifying coming from the so-called &quot;Father of Online Anonymity&quot;.