Can y’all remind me, having to set up my nostr key extension on my laptop again.. is Alby the best one? Or? Thanks!
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I think so, yes 😸
On Safari (macOS/iOS) I think the only possibility is Nostore
Alby has an extension one can use on Firefox on MacOS
Nos2x
Willing to share why you prefer it?
I've always used it. Just saw it wasn't mentioned yet.
Not sure if I'm able to discern pros and cons considering I haven't used any others.
Gotcha thanks!
Can you remind me, is it ‘safe’ to enter one’s nsec in the extension, like how is that more safe than entering it into the client itself?
Sure I’m missing something, been a while since I thought about all this wrt nostr, as I usually just use nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955
I wouldn’t say an extension is more safe than any particular client. You have to either audit the extension code or trust it.
BUT, if you want to use multiple clients it is better to only have to do that due diligence with one extension than to have to take a risk with every client you want to use.
Maybe there is also a technical ready why extensions are more secure, but for me it’s just about reducing points of failure
Yes that is the benefit of the signer for us layman.
You share your nsec with one dev rather than every dev of every client you try out.
I can't comment on the different security of your nsec in regards to signer/client.
I use nos2x and it fits my needs ok
There is alby which does Lightning Payments through the browser. (www.getalby.com)
There is nos2x which is created by Fiatjaf (creator of Nostr), extremely lightweight and does the job, been told it's decent for multiple user logins but don't hold me to that!
And then there is Nostore which is a iPad/MacOS extension. Sadly Safari only, but then again nothing else exists on phone or tablet to fill that void.
There is supposedly a Android extension/app coming out which holds your key for you and acts sort of like a gateway for Nostr clients.
Oh, and there is this.
(from https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/07.md )