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by Terr_ 663 days ago
> encrypted in such a way that any number of n keys or passwords or the like might decrypt

I'm assuming you mean "it requires 2 or more keys but less than all of them", so I'd check variations of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_sharing

The cases for "any individual key is enough" or "all keys required" are much simpler.