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A secret is a QR code and a link to a public key: what changed in v1.1.0
From v1.0.0 (2026-10-21, e835280b3) to v1.1.0 (2026-10-27, db67c5ce1), paragraph by paragraph.
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!shot qw-flow.webp | images/ | The workflow: publish mya public key as a QR codecode, andthe a link; their browser or agentsender encrypts the secret to it and adds its own public key;it, the ciphertext travels as a QR code by any channel; I decrypt it and check their fingerprint once; from then on it is two-way. Agents do the same.code. | concept
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!shot qw-prior.webp | images/ | Who already moves keys and secrets in QR codes:codes, from the EU Digital COVID Certificate,Certificate key verification into Signal, WhatsApp and Matrix, device linking in Signal and WhatsApp, Threema, passkeys on another device, offline wallets, Keybase and OpenKeychain, and provisioning codes for authenticators, Wi-Fi, WireGuard and eSIMs. | comparison
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!shot qw-qre1.webp | images/ | Anatomy of a QRE1 frame: the version, the recipient's key id, the sender's one-off X25519 key, a nonce, the ChaCha20-Poly1305 ciphertext,ciphertext and optionally the sender's Ed25519 key and signature, in one line of text.signature. | concept
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