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paperback
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Ask HN: QR Codes Unsuitable for Storing Gigabytes and Beyond in Graphic Format?
Yes. QR codes are meant to store only a few kilobytes at most. They are not suitable for encoding gigabytes of data.
At perhaps 2KB per page, you'd need 524288 pages to store a 1GB. That's 1048 reams. Please just use an archival optical disk instead.
Even if the scheme using multiple QR codes in sequence rather than a single large code block. The paper backup implementations that use QR codes https://github.com/intra2net/paperbackup https://github.com/cyphar/paperback are only meant to be used for private key backup.
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Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments
There's a cool paper-based backup tool that also uses Shamir Secret Sharing to let you distribute a bunch of paper copies to your friends to restore a file optically:
https://github.com/cyphar/paperback
- Paper backup generator suitable for long-term storage
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I need to store a 1MB file for 20 years, would making thousands of copies on a 4.7gb DVD be enough?
Paperback will do it automatically for you, open source and free. Thier README also has recommendations for long term storage of paper.
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PaperAge –easy and secure paper backups of (smallish) secrets
That exists: https://github.com/cyphar/paperback (or the paper-store script suggested by /u/nurupoga/ below).
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converting data into text files
there are ready-made solutions for that, like https://github.com/cyphar/paperback
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My biggest concern about Bitcoin, help ease it for me?
You could encrypt your key info using paperback. This then requires at least X amount of people holding parts of the decrypt key to come together to decrypt your last will.
- Is there a way to create an encryption key, that is calculabe if only 3 of 4 parts are available?
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Man, I feel bad for Ina. Hopefully the EN curse cuts her some slack soon.
I know you're joking but there's actually software that was made just for that
- How to protect your data from an EMP?
qr-backup
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Ask HN: QR Codes Unsuitable for Storing Gigabytes and Beyond in Graphic Format?
We don't know of anyone who's been able to reliably print more than 5 KB per page using QR codes on paper. How many pages do you want to use? See https://github.com/za3k/qr-backup/blob/master/docs/FAQ.md
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An Extreme Antipattern for Programming Books (2023)
you will probably want to use https://github.com/za3k/qr-backup
with safe settings it gets about 3 kilobytes per page; at 130 kilobytes per page read success rates are nonzero
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qr-backup v1.1 released
qr-backup v1.1 is released. qr-backup is a command-line Linux program. You can use it to back up a file as a series of QR codes. You can restore the QR codes using a webcam or scanner, and get back the original file.
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Back up to printed paper: qr-backup
Hi! I recently authored qr-backup, a tool to back up important documents to paper. Then if you lose them (or just to try it out) you can restore them using a scanner or webcam, by holding printed QR codes in front of your camera.
- [Alpha] Paper backup using QR codes
What are some alternatives?
MultiPar - Parchive tool
horcrux - Split your file into encrypted fragments so that you don't need to remember a passcode
AONT-RS - An implementation of Resch and Plank's AONT-RS (All or Nothing Transform + Reed-Solomon) information dispersal algorithm.
a-search-of-hogwarts - Tool for searching through the 7 Harry Potter books (Potter Search)
clevis - Automated Encryption Framework
paper-store - Cold store small files on paper as QR codes -- PGP keys, Bitcoin keys, Tox keys or any other small files in general.
exordia - EXOrDIA
paper-age - Easy and secure paper backups of secrets
dorst - Codebase bootstrap/backup utility
horcrux
sss-cli - Command line program for secret-sharing strings
exodia - EXOrDIA [Moved to: https://github.com/juancroldan/exordia]