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Exploiting the Error Correction Mechanism in QR Codes for Secret Sharing

verfasst von : Yang-Wai Chow, Willy Susilo, Guomin Yang, James G. Phillips, Ilung Pranata, Ari Moesriami Barmawi

Erschienen in: Information Security and Privacy

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This paper investigates a novel approach to secret sharing using QR codes. The proposed QR code secret sharing approach exploits the error correction mechanism inherent in the QR code structure, to distribute and encode information about a secret message in a number of shares. Each share in the scheme is constructed from a cover QR code, and each share itself is a valid QR code which can be scanned and decoded by a QR code reader. The secret message can be recovered by combining the information contained in the QR code shares. Since each share is a valid QR code, the proposed scheme has the advantage of reducing the likelihood of attracting the attention of potential attackers. In addition, the shares can be distributed via public channels without raising suspicion. Moreover, shares do not have to be stored or transmitted electronically, as QR codes can be distributed via printed media.

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For a comprehensive description of the QR code structure and error correction mechanism, please refer to the ISO standard (ISO/IEC18004) [13].

In practice, it is not advisable to introduce this much error in the QR code shares, because any damage or dirt may make the QR code symbol undecodable.

Please note that all QR codes presented in this paper are valid QR codes that can be decoded by a QR code reader.

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Titel: Exploiting the Error Correction Mechanism in QR Codes for Secret Sharing
verfasst von: Yang-Wai Chow
Willy Susilo
Guomin Yang
James G. Phillips
Ilung Pranata
Ari Moesriami Barmawi
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: Information Security and Privacy
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-40252-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-40253-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40253-6_25

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