The qr code will be a wallet. It has the same changes of being photograph than your credit card and driver license. And that private key it's also encrypted with a password.
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Anne Jan Brouwer <[email protected]> wrote: > Not realy a security specialist. > But having your private key in an easy to photograph format doesn't sound > that smart to me . . > > Anne Jan > > On 20 June 2014 21:52:31 CEST, "Santiago Borrazás" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Maybe this is not the best place to discuss this, but is it possible >> to put your private key into a qr code? This could make pass tool >> friendly across devices. >> >> I was thinking to put all my encrypted >> passwords in a public github repo and be able to access to my >> passwords from any device passing my private key from a qr code and then >> putting >> my password to decrypt the private key. >> >> I would like to hear from security people if this it's viable or is >> the worst idea ever. >> >> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 11:12 AM, George Angelopoulos >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Adding to what Jonas suggested, instead of piping the password to >>> qrencode, you could pipe it to a small script that would do >>> >>> qrencode -o - | display - >>> >>> Alternatively, have a separate >>> program/script assigned to a key >>> combination that displays a qr code of your current clipboard, like >>> this: >>> >>> xclip -o -selection clipboard | qrencode -o - | display - >>> >>> Maybe the above is useful in general, because any information on your >>> monitors is 1 or 2 buttons away from a qrcode, and pass doesn't need to >>> know about it. >>> >>> On 06/20/2014 04:52 PM, Patrick Burroughs (Celti) wrote: >>>> >>>> I have no idea how common a use-case this might be, but I found it the >>>> most convenient way to interface with my phone while lacking an >>>> Android app. I don't see it as a mandatory dependency, any more than >>>> xclip is required to use pass if you don't want to send things to the >>>> clipboard. >>>> >>>> I won't be disappointed if this is not accepted however, as I >>>> understand it's a little out there; I'll con >>>> tinue >>>> to maintain it >>>> locally in that case. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> ~Celti >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:36 AM, Jonas Wagner <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> is this really that common a use case? Supporting this will add a >>>>> dependency >>>>> on qrencode to pass. >>>>> >>>>> In what way is this better than doing "pass foo/bar | qrencode"? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Jonas >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> >>>> Password-Store mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> Password-Store mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> Password-Store mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store > > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ Password-Store mailing list [email protected] http://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store
