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guenthert ◴[] No.41085020[source]
> To add the secret to the watchface code, you need to convert it to hexadecimal bytes. This cryptii.com page will allow you to do that conversion. Note you’ll have to enter your TOTP secret in uppercase.

I wouldn't be comfortable entering my TOTP secret into a random web page. In Linux (Ubuntu here, probably other distributions as well) you might have the `base32` and `od` tools already installed (package 'coreutils').

Otherwise the project is awesome (just the watch is fugly :))

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johnisgood ◴[] No.41085463[source]
Yeah, why would anyone rely on a third-party, and a website one at that for something as simple as base-32 decoding... or generating TOTP. :P
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dps ◴[] No.41089075[source]
Author of the post here… Cool to see this back on HN! I was trying to provide instructions that anyone could use regardless of platform, hence the choice of web tools (both those linked process the data locally). If you know of a base32 decoder that’s easily available on Windows, Mac and Linux I’d be delighted to update the post.
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1. fragmede ◴[] No.41093469[source]
WSl means Unix command line tools are available on windows as well these days.