Developer creates tool that transforms boring security keys into pretty ASCII art

Imagine if your house key could display a tiny work of art every time you used it. That's essentially what Victor Villas has achieved with computer security keys, turning a standard technical tool into something visually pleasing.

When you connect to a remote computer securely (like accessing a website's server), you use something called an SSH key. — Read the rest

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