On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Robert J. Hansen <r...@sixdemonbag.org> wrote:
> > This PDF file can be printed and used as a paper backup. It can be > restored > > with the help of a webcam and a barcode reader program (like zbar). > > Why not use Paperkey and QR-encode that instead? > The idea of Paperkey is to reduce the output, so that it can be easily typed by hand (when you need to restore the key). For a 4096 key, the output of Paperkey is still too big to be typed by hand, and even too big to be QR-encoded straight away. You have to split it and QR-encode each piece separately. But once you have to split the data and QR-encode it, it doesn't make much difference whether you have 2 pages of output or 8 pages. So, it doesn't make sense reducing the output, and it doesn't make sense using Paperkey anymore. At this point Paperkey only makes things more complex, instead of making them simpler. Thanks to everybody for the feedback. Dashamir
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