Show password as QR
It would be really useful to display a stored password as a QR code for out of band password entry, on devices where I'm unable or don't want to install Proton Pass. Cases where I've done this manually with a QR generator app were entering parental control passwords on child devices, setting up new devices, using company computers, and temporarily signing someone into a friend's device.
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Critical, and easy to do (just add to "Share" setting for individual items or for Vaults see apps like QR file transfer that can do rapid sharing using a "movie" of QR codes.
It's quite often the case that you only want to expose a handful of passwords (or just 1) on a device, but the data is random enough that it's a pain to type in. QR neatly merges this gap while a.) requiring no connectivity on the receiving side (no network connections to be attacked or tracked) b.) imposing strong visibility requirements around what can see the passwords (only devices with cameras in FOV, which is far better than wifi/internet constraints).
Secret share and offline file share is the killer app for QRs and Proton Pass is well-positioned to make this work (even if the scanning device doesn't have a Proton App installed, just the default QR scanner is enough to make it work in a hacky way).
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Yes, please make this. I came here to post this idee as well. jkw thought of it before.
I'd like to open proton om my phone without typing in pw.Is is also possible to somehow have this qr-code be timebound to a few minutes or hour? Just incase the qr somehow can also gets scanned by a scammer/hacker. Or gets stored on device because of malware? Or maybe a onetime password..
So I have this option on my main device/pass-manager, and add a one-time password that i can use whem opening up my email e.g. at the library or signing into my phone and that I keep set to stay logged in after that login.