Announcing paperbackup.py to backup keys as QR codes on paper

[Stefan Claas]

Stefan Claas wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> while I can't help you with your issue, I like to suggest to take a look
> at Fraunhofer SIT's modern JAB-Code, which compiles nicely under Linux,
> Windows and macOS. It has also the advantage that it can carry much more
> data than QR code. The color barcode withstands also ugly Facebook .jpeg
> compression, in case one needs to sign large messages, with GnuPG, on
> 'social' media sites.
> 
> https://github.com/jabcode/jabcode

The other option GnuPG users have is to memorize the passphrase and
re-generate the private key from the passphrase, thus avoiding paper
loss etc.

Regards
Stefan