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It is a modern version of displaying the current first page of a newspaper to prove something has not happened earlier than the displayed reference.
by megapatch 5y ago
It is a modern version of displaying the current first page of a newspaper to prove something has not happened earlier than the displayed reference.
- amelius 5y agoThat's probably why QRDate has a news headline in the footer of the opening screen.
- IYasha 5y agoYup, I'd love the old way better. As long as it's human-readable. I hate barcodes in a way because they require tools to read. And circumstances vary a lot!
- crtasm 5y agoI like what the Qubes developers have done with a short script adding current headlines and bitcoin block hash to their warrant canaries: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/canaries/canary-029-2021.txt#L86-L113 https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/canarie... edit: and the script itself: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/utils/proof_of_freshness.py https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-secpack/blob/master/utils/p...