In person, by QR code

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

The panels

1. 1. In person, by QR code (cover; In person, by QR code)
2. 2. Noor's phone shows her key (scene; In person, by QR code)
3. 3. Leo's camera reads it (scene; In person, by QR code)
4. 4. His answer carries her nonce (scene; In person, by QR code)
5. 5. Light, not a network (scene; In person, by QR code)
6. 6. Both sign (scene; In person, by QR code)
7. 7. What it proves (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)

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. The data is in-person-by-qr.json and cast.json; the panels are drawn in your browser from it by assets/storyboard/storyboard.js, gen-z-developers.sgit.ai's storyboard kit, with Rough.js. Nothing is an image file.