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1. #MY SECRET FOLDER KEY HOW TO#
2. #MY SECRET FOLDER KEY PDF#
3. #MY SECRET FOLDER KEY FULL#
4. #MY SECRET FOLDER KEY PASSWORD#

#MY SECRET FOLDER KEY PASSWORD#

# restoreīash-4.4$ sha256sum dummy.dat # the digest should be the same as the initial one to confirm good restoreĠ2f2c6dd472f43e9187043271257c1bf87a2f43b771d843e45b201892d9e7b84 dummy.Have all of your private photos, videos, notes, contacts and audio password protected within the My Secret Folder app.

#MY SECRET FOLDER KEY PDF#

pdf_dump.pdf -input dummy.dat # crete a printable qr-codes pdf of the fileīash-4.4$ rm dummy.dat # the file is removed, so from now on only way to get it back is to restore from the pdfīash-4.4$ bash ~/Desktop/Git/qrdump/src/qrdump.sh -base64 -read-A4 -input pdf_dump.pdf -output.

#MY SECRET FOLDER KEY FULL#

Worth noting you can protect your private key with a passphrase, so even if it's hosted with a cloud provider they can't see your private key, but then all your password security is reduced to that passphrase rather than the full private key, not to mention cloud providers can disappear overnight.ĭisclaimer: pointing you to a piece of code I am writing / my own 'small' solutionįor solving this kind of problems (and more generally 'archiving' important, moderate-size stuff on paper) I am working on qrdump, a way to automatically I'd probably try this with dummy data just to be sure you know exactly how it works.

Just as important as how you back it up is how you restore it from a backup.

#MY SECRET FOLDER KEY HOW TO#

If you have a large key or lots of keys I recommend paperbak, although be sure to write down instructions on how to recover the data later. This will prevent the QR scanner app from leaking your PGP key. For the paranoid, keep this device offline once you've installed a barcode reader and then perform a full wipe and factory reset of the device before putting it back online.

Save each one as you go and name them appropriately so that you know their order!Īfter you've created all the codes, scan them with, for example, a mobile phone QR code scanner app. After pasting in the text area, click away from the text box and your QR code should appear. You will most likely need to break up your PGP key into quarters or even smaller to create nice big QR codes that you can easily scan later. Now, double click on the index.html file you just edited and saved. Now navigate to the directory you get here with Explorer, Finder, or Nautilus, etc. $ # Open the file in a text editor like Notepad, vi, or nano $ # We need to edit index.html so that it supports pasting your PGP key $ # For the truly paranoid you don't trust GitHub either, and you will want to verify the code you download yourself. $ # repository (or he goes rogue), you will still be using the version that I vetted. Here's some that should work for you no matter what operating system you use, as long as you have a browser that supports JavaScript.Ĭlick here to download the JavaScript QR code generator: Įxtract the files somewhere, then proceed edit index.html per the instructions below.įor MacOS or Unix users: $ # This specific version is to avoid the risk that if someone hijacks `davidshimjs`'s Note alongside it the key ID and store it in a physically secure location. Using a JavaScript (read: offline) QR code generator, I create an image of my private key in ASCII armoured form, then print this off.