Unfortunately all the same problems with email apply to push notification servers as well. In order to access auth-protected relays on behalf of a user, you have to be able to sign stuff with their key. Push notifications are by default not encrypted either (although I think you can do e2ee).
Push notifications are cool and all, but they are part of what makes social media so addicting. What if, instead of push notifications, you could get a daily or weekly email with your notifications? Might be a healthier way to interact than feeling like you always need to immediately check your phone to see what the latest alert was about.
That said, I wouldn't mind seeing this done in a more Nostr-native way.
nostr:npub1v3tgrwwsv7c6xckyhm5dmluc05jxd4yeqhpxew87chn0kua0tjzqc6yvjh would it be possible to have a few options for when Pokey sends push notifications? 1. Real-time (current practice), 2. At a specific time each day. 3. On a specific day each week.
If so, I would love to be able to subscribe to notifications for community relays' calendar, chat, and threads events in Pokey, too. Or get really crazy and allow Pokey to subscribe to a custom feed... Then users could, say, create a custom feed that was based on a kind 30000 list, but only showed long-form notes, and Pokey could alert daily if any of those npubs had written an article.
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Yeah, I am less concerned about the signing. That can be handled by giving the notifications service a separate bunker token that can be revoked if it tries signing things I don't want it to, or in the case of Pokey, I can just revoke its Android signer permissions.
I am definitely interested in the idea you have about locked permissions that you mentioned in the video.
And if push notifications can be e2ee... Could be a better solution all-around compared to email.
I am just spitballing here... Could any of this be combined with nostr:npub1mutnyacc9uc4t5mmxvpprwsauj5p2qxq95v4a9j0jxl8wnkfvuyque23vg's server-side secure enclaves to enhance the privacy of any of this? Any insight nostr:npub136jg2fnty2z5vwcnh7p4jpckrs3tk0dpueftgs7mznuuaenjpfps6tjnxf?
Here's the PR I opened on locked bunker delegation, : https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1795
Well, you got buy-in from greenart7c3, and Amber is probably the most widely used bunker signer right now, so that's a start!
By the way. I need to get my GitHub account figured out. It has apparently been flagged, so no one can see what I comment or any issues I add... Probably because I signed up using an email alias, rather than my actual email address. Highly annoying.
Yeah! Hopefully I can find time to coordinate with nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq32amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwv3sk6atn9e5k7tcqyp6hjpmdntls5n8aa7n7ypzlyjrv0ewch33ml3452wtjx0smhl93j44lmth and get it done. That email thing is annoying 😂