Hey nostr:npub1xdtducdnjerex88gkg2qk2atsdlqsyxqaag4h05jmcpyspqt30wscmntxy !
Do you mind explaining for us non-techies what the advantages of on nsec bunker are compared to browser extensions like nos2x and alby?
Introducing nsec.app and nostr-login!
I've shown the prototype of https://nsec.app in December, and it's essentially an nsecbunker in your browser. It is non-custodial - your keys are stored locally in the browser, and apps can get access to your keys using NIP46. We've now turned that prototype into a real thing, and I invite you to try it. Shoutout to nostr:npub149p5act9a5qm9p47elp8w8h3wpwn2d7s2xecw2ygnrxqp4wgsklq9g722q for the designs!
Now how do we help Nostr apps adopt NIP46 for remote key access?
That's where nostr-login library comes in. If your app uses NIP07 to talk to a browser extension, then with just two lines of code you can make it talk over NIP46.
Both of these tools support the new OAuth-like flow proposed by Pablo. Below you can watch a demo of how nostr-login (added to my fork of Snort) works with Nsec.app (or would work with any other nsecbunker).
What this all means is that people could join Nostr on the web, without installing extensions or mobile apps, with their keys stored non-custodially in the Nsec.app, and then could log in to other Nostr apps without copying their private keys.
Demo: https://void.cat/d/JSWwYMTtbWxTDTLpe132Kr.mp4
Links:
Snort+nostr-login: https://snort.nostrapps.org
nsec app: https://github.com/nostrband/noauth
nsec app server: https://github.com/nostrband/noauthd
nostr-login: https://github.com/nostrband/nostr-login
Discussion
Extension are not available on many mobile platforms. Also with remote signing you can give limited access to your keys to some server-side service that can't talk to your extension - i.e. import your tweets to Nostr, send DMs under your name, etc. Huge space of apps and services becomes viable.