Nostr Web Client

If you're not already mitigating the risk of someone *hearing* you type your passwords, you should probably start... It always seemed like a probable risk, but now it's confirmed:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01074

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 2y ago

Holy fuck, guess I'm muting my microphone on stream now while typing pwds

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Luke Dashjr 2y ago

You weren't already? 😅

The harder part to mitigate is when you want to unlock your machine outside your own office...

Luke Dashjr 2y ago

Don't forget to change your passphrases in case someone recorded a past stream

utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 2y ago

100% I typed my sudo password to my PC many times, facking hell.

Changing now...

Matthieu 2y ago

Gotta find an overlay to play while you type your passwords, something that is typing out some choice words 😂

Seriously tho.. this is crazy 😳

Luke Dashjr 2y ago

I'm not sure an overlay is going to be effective.

Matthieu 2y ago

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

I have an extra clicky keyboard next to me when entering passwords Under Siege style

Laser 2y ago

hardware switch on my cam/mic for laptop, trustable toggles on @grapheneos for mobile