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Comment by marcosqanil

1 day ago

I love this. In your view, how would users go about securely swapping credentials ? PGP over email ?

Thanks! My realistic use case is that I am already speaking to someone who I know and trust, so ideally exchange credentials in person. A preferred out of band secure messanger of choice is probably fine.

You could put your onion address into an “oh by code”[1] and just write it down … or chalk it on the sidewalk for someone to see … post it on a physical bulletin board.. hold it up on a sign…

This way you could establish communication with an unknown future party, totally offline.

[1] https://0x.co

  • Trying to repurpose hex literal notation as a "recognizable" URL shortener seems like a questionable idea. At least write it as 0x.co/FFFF so it's obvious to readers how to interpret it.

    If you're printing something why not go with a QR code?

    • If you can use a QR code you probably should.

      However, if you're walking down the street and need to quickly generate and apply a message, how will you pass along a QR code to an unknown future viewer ?

      Can you draw a QR code with chalk or freehand with a pen, etc. ?

      I will admit that the use-cases for "oh by codes" are weird and infrequent but I am convinced they will emerge ...

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