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In person, by QR code

Noor and Leo scan each other's phones; the camera is the channel; two scans make one link. Proposed, not built. 9 panels.

proposed 9 panels · pki.agent, 20 October 2026. Every line a character says is the storyboard's, not a quote, and is marked not_a_quote; evidence panels quote this site's pages or the research note word for word, which the build checks.

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Take it with you

The same storyboard in every shape it comes in. The data and its derived files are on this site; the pictures are drawn in your browser, now, by the same code as the deck (export.js, v0.1.0), from the current panel.

storyboard.jsonthe data, as pki.sgit.ai wrote it bundle.jsonthe data with its cast, for an embed index.mdthe script, as markdown graph.jsona semantic graph: 28 nodes, 61 edges thumb.jpgthe cover, 480 wide og.jpgthe cover, 1200 wide

Put it on your page

Two lines, from any site. The script is pinned to an immutable release of the kit, so the embed draws exactly this, for as long as the page exists. How embedding works.

<script src="https://api.storyboards.sgit.ai/v0/v0.1/v0.1.0/embed.js" defer></script>
<sg-storyboard src="https://storyboards.sgit.ai/pki/in-person-by-qr/bundle.json" view="deck"></sg-storyboard>

The panels

  1. 1. In person, by QR code: Proposed: the next thing to build. (cover; In person, by QR code)
  2. 2. Noor's phone shows her key. Noor says: “Scan me.” (scene; In person, by QR code)
  3. 3. Leo's camera reads it. Leo says: “Noor's key. From her hand.” (scene; In person, by QR code)
  4. 4. His answer carries her nonce. Leo says: “Now scan mine.” (scene; In person, by QR code)
  5. 5. Light, not a network. Mallory says: “Nowhere to stand.” (scene; In person, by QR code)
  6. 6. Both sign. (scene; In person, by QR code)
  7. 7. What it proves. “Physical proximity makes the interaction convenient, but does not by itself establish identity.” (In-Person Public-Key Exchange on iPhone, the (evidence; briefs/research-2026-10-20__in-person-public-key-exchange.md)
  8. 8. An agent shows its key. (scene; In person, by QR code, agents)
  9. 9. Two scans. One link. No server.. (punchline; In person, by QR code)

Imported unchanged from SGit-AI/SGit-AI__Website__PKI/admin/content/storyboards/07__in-person-by-qr.json at commit ab6affc9 (2026-10-20). The cast is cast.json.