Ask HN: QR Codes Unsuitable for Storing Gigabytes and Beyond in Graphic Format?

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  1. paperback

    Paper backup generator suitable for long-term storage.

    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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  3. paperbackup

    Create a pdf with barcodes to backup text files on paper. Designed to backup ASCII-armored GnuPG and SSH key files and ciphertext.

    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.

  4. qr-backup

    Paper backup of files using QR codes

    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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