Y'all getting shamed by crypto geeks
https://pastebin.com/P1g5RPWs
Trip codes are secure? The above anon thinks not so.
A secret that is stored on a PHP server.
Sorry, but that's not secure, Q. PHP isn't immune to zero days, nor is BSD etc.
Please note that security experts are discussing this on Twitter now.
You can see the trip code function on GitHub, the poster is right about the salt and !! mods put in for Q by Ron's team.
In plain English: there's a secret password for Q stored on a web server. This is the way by which Q trip code is authenticated (and provides the !! And blinking red and blue). If the server were to be hacked, someone could get that password.