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To decode a QR code :\n- Copy an image containing a QR code\n- Click on the icon to open the add-on pop-up\n- Paste the image\n\n<b>Why a QR code scanner on my computer ? I have a phone that makes the job 🤔</b>\nThat's a fair point. But regularly, it happens that I need to scan a QR code on my computer screen : it can be a QR code displayed as part of a web conference, a Swiss QR-bill, a COVID digital certificate (... well, okay, the use case isn't obvious here), a two-steps authentication setup, or simply a QR-code found over the internet.\n\nIn that case, here are the choices :\n<ul><li>scan from a phone and send the result to the computer. That's slow and not handy, I need the phone, and it sounds silly to scan my computer screen to send the result to this same computer.</li><li>use a desktop application. But frankly, there are not that many, at least on GNU/Linux, they require many permissions that I am reluctant to grant for just decoding a QR code (network access ??), are sometimes heavy (my previous one was a 34 Mb Flatpak) and buggy...</li><li>use an existing Firefox add-on. That's a lighter solution, but again, according to their permissions, they could be quite intrusive... And they often read QR codes through webcam, which is usually not what I need.</li><li>code my own solution, simpler, working standalone and without any permission, and covering only the use case I mentioned above : scanning from images. So here comes QR 2 Text 🙂 Less than 76 Kb i.e. 400 times smaller than my previous app, doing what I need without spreading anything over the internet or activating my webcam !</li></ul>\n<b>What permissions are needed ?</b>\nNone, QR 2 Text is as non-intrusive as possible.\n\n<b>Does QR 2 Text collect my data ?</b>\nNo, and it will never do.","fr":"<b>Comment ça marche ?</b>\nUne fois le module installé, une nouvelle icône apparaît à droite de la barre d’adresse de Firefox. Pour décoder un QR code : \n- Copiez une image contenant un QR code \n- Cliquez sur l’icône pour ouvrir la fenêtre pop-up du module \n- Collez l’image \n\n<b>Pourquoi un scanner de QR code sur mon ordinateur ? J’ai un téléphone qui fait ça très bien 🤔</b> \nC’est tout à fait juste. Mais régulièrement, il m’arrive d’avoir besoin de scanner un QR code sur l’écran de mon ordinateur : cela peut être un QR code affiché au cours d’une visioconférence, une QR-facture suisse, un certificat COVID (… enfin, soit, l’utilité n’est pas évidente dans ce cas), la mise en place d’une authentification à deux étapes, ou simplement un QR code trouvé sur internet… Dans ce cas, voici les choix possibles : \n<ul> \n<li>scanner avec mon téléphone et envoyer le résultat sur mon ordinateur. C’est long, pas pratique, ça nécessite un smartphone, et c’est quand même un peu bête de scanner mon écran d’ordinateur pour envoyer le résultat sur ce même ordinateur. </li> <li>utiliser une application de bureau. Mais finalement, il n’y en a pas tant que ça, en tout cas sous GNU/Linux, elles demandent beaucoup de permissions que j’hésite à accorder juste pour scanner un QR code (accès au réseau ??), elles sont parfois lourdes (ma dernière était un Flatpak de 34 Mo) et bugués… </li> <li>utiliser un module Firefox. C’est une solution plus légère, mais là encore, d’après leurs permissions, elles pourraient être assez intrusives… De plus, elles lisent souvent les QR codes par la webcam, ce dont j’ai rarement besoin. </li> <li>coder ma propre solution, plus simple, qui fonctionne isolée et sans permission particulière, et qui couvre seulement le cas d’utilisation mentionné plus haut : scanner depuis une image. Et voilà QR 2 Text 🙂 Moins de 76 Ko soit 400 fois plus léger que mon ancienne appli de bureau, et faisant ce dont j’ai besoin sans passer par internet ou ma webcam ! </li> </ul> \n\n<b>Quelles sont les permissions nécessaires ?</b> \nAucune, QR 2 Text se veut autant non intrusif que possible. \n\n<b>Est-ce que QR 2 Text collecte mes données ?</b> \nNon, et il ne les collectera jamais."},"developer_comments":null,"edit_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/addon/qr-2-text/edit","guid":"qr2text@ftassy","has_eula":false,"has_privacy_policy":false,"homepage":{"url":{"de":"https://gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text","en-US":"https://gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text","fr":"https://gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text"},"outgoing":{"de":"https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/05e0c364d177e32f23b4c4e4e7896186b3f26719b2c15f1873186796211264fa/https%3A//gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text","en-US":"https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/05e0c364d177e32f23b4c4e4e7896186b3f26719b2c15f1873186796211264fa/https%3A//gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text","fr":"https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/05e0c364d177e32f23b4c4e4e7896186b3f26719b2c15f1873186796211264fa/https%3A//gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text"}},"icon_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/addon_icons/2766/2766249-64.png?modified=16f86ee8","icons":{"32":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/addon_icons/2766/2766249-32.png?modified=16f86ee8","64":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/addon_icons/2766/2766249-64.png?modified=16f86ee8","128":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/addon_icons/2766/2766249-128.png?modified=16f86ee8"},"is_disabled":false,"is_experimental":false,"is_noindexed":false,"last_updated":"2023-03-03T00:50:41Z","name":{"de":"QR 2 Text","en-US":"QR 2 Text","fr":"QR 2 Text"},"previews":[{"id":273090,"caption":{"en-US":"Firefox former toolbar with QR 2 Text button","fr":"L'ancienne barre d'outils de Firefox avec avec le bouton de QR 2 Text"},"image_size":[1064,443],"image_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/previews/full/273/273090.png?modified=1677934249","position":0,"thumbnail_size":[533,222],"thumbnail_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/previews/thumbs/273/273090.jpg?modified=1677934249"},{"id":279449,"caption":{"en-US":"Firefox new toolbar with QR 2 Text button","fr":"La nouvelle barre d'outils de Firefox avec avec le bouton de QR 2 Text"},"image_size":[1273,657],"image_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/previews/full/279/279449.png?modified=1677934249","position":1,"thumbnail_size":[533,275],"thumbnail_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/user-media/previews/thumbs/279/279449.jpg?modified=1677934249"}],"promoted":[],"ratings":{"average":5.0,"bayesian_average":2.436992369536562,"count":1,"text_count":1},"ratings_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/qr-2-text/reviews/","requires_payment":false,"review_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/reviewers/review/2766249","slug":"qr-2-text","status":"public","summary":{"de":"A non-instrusive QR code paste &amp; decode Firefox add-on","en-US":"A non-intrusive QR code paste &amp; decode Firefox add-on","fr":"Un module Firefox non-intrusif de collage et décodage de QR code"},"support_email":{"en-US":"ftassy@e.email","fr":"ftassy@e.email"},"support_url":{"url":{"en-US":"https://gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text","fr":"https://gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text"},"outgoing":{"en-US":"https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/05e0c364d177e32f23b4c4e4e7896186b3f26719b2c15f1873186796211264fa/https%3A//gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text","fr":"https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/05e0c364d177e32f23b4c4e4e7896186b3f26719b2c15f1873186796211264fa/https%3A//gitlab.com/florent_tassy/qr-2-text"}},"tags":["anti tracker","privacy","security"],"type":"extension","url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/qr-2-text/","versions_url":"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/qr-2-text/versions/","weekly_downloads":0}