Re:Strategies for offline PGP key storage
by graedus on Thursday October 05, 2017 @12:28PM
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> cheaper, more expensive
Huh. It's cheaper (worse quality) but costs more money?
Vintage pen plotters (or X-Y recorders) are essentially zero-price items and tend to be built like actual tanks. The ones you can buy today (and afford) are way more expensive than them, yet cheaper (in quality). However, vintage pen plotters tend to not have USB plugs.
Re:Strategies for offline PGP key storage
by xelxebar on Thursday October 05, 2017 @03:28PM
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I was confused too, so looked up the prices. The pen plotter seems to be in the neighborhood of $225 USD [1] while the AxiDraw is $475 USD [2].
[1] https://www.amazon.com/pen-plotter/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aa...
Re:Strategies for offline PGP key storage
by cuckcuckspruce on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:42PM
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I took it as cheaper to purchase, more expensive to operate.
Re:Strategies for offline PGP key storage
by unkown-unknowns on Friday October 06, 2017 @01:05AM
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Speaking of plotters, consider engraving the QR code in aluminum instead of having it on paper. If there's any hacker space nearby where you live they might have CNC equipment that they will let you borrow and instruct you how to use.
You want a pen plotter. Or its cheaper, more expensive cousin, the Axidraw.
> As you mentioned fire-resistance, do you also use some sort of fire resistant paper? Because I don't think anything in made of paper would survive an actual fire.
Actually there are document safes with built-in insulation which will keep regular paper documents safe for time X under fire conditions Y (it's some EU standard classification). Certain ways of mounting safes makes them intrinsically fire-safe(r) as well.