Password-less security and protection of online digital assets

A computer-implemented method for protecting a digital asset, comprising:

• receiving at least a portion of digital data associated with the digital asset that has been substantially functionally handicapped by removal of the digital data portion, from an asset server;
• receiving a unique human input from an owner of the digital asset;
• substantially functionally handicapping the digital data portion with data from the unique human input;
• responsive to receiving a notification for a request for access to the digital asset, requesting the unique human input from the owner of the digital asset;
• reconstituting the digital data portion with the unique human input;
• and
• sending the digital data portion to the asset server to reconstitute the digital asset for normal use.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing source code that, when executed by a processor, performs a method for protecting a digital asset, comprising:

• substantially functionally handicapping the digital asset with digital data to prevent normal use;
• sending a portion of the digital data to an enabling device, wherein the enabling device substantially functionally handicaps the digital data portion;
• discarding the digital data portion from the server;
• receiving the digital data portion from the enabling device responsive to a request to access the digital asset;
• and
• reconstituting the digital asset using at least the digital data portion to functionally enable the digital asset for normal use.

A system to protect a digital asset, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory, comprising:
• a handicapping module to substantially functionally handicap the digital asset with digital data to prevent normal use, to send a portion of the digital data to an enabling device, wherein the enabling device substantially functionally handicaps the digital data portion, and discard the portion of digital data;
• and
• a reconstitution module to receive the portion of digital data from the enabling device, and reconstitute the digital asset using the digital data portion to functionally enable the digital asset for normal use.