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Re:Show HN: Qrkey – Offline private key backup on paper by RamRodification on Friday June 13, 2025 @04:49PM (#44272119)
The usage guide shows which command to run to generate a QR code from a file, and outputs a PDF. But then the command for recovering a file from QR codes takes "file.txt" as input. Is that a typo? Shouldn't that input also be a PDF?
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Re:Show HN: Qrkey – Offline private key backup on paper by lipowitz on Friday June 13, 2025 @05:35PM (#44272497)
It isn't the PDF you started with once you print it.. A QR code scanner in a camera app, etc, will return text such as a URI.
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Re:Show HN: Qrkey – Offline private key backup on paper by RamRodification on Saturday June 14, 2025 @07:24PM (#44279503)
Ah, makes sense. Thanks.
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