Yes, it absolutely is, you should be using a signer to keep your key safe, here are some options: https://nostrapps.com/#signers
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SIGNERS. BECAUSE WRITING YOUR SEED ON YOUR MONITOR IS PEAK SECURITY.
OF COURSE USE A SIGNER. ARE WE STILL DEBATING THIS?
Cool - I knew there must be something, but only because I have a basic understanding of private key security. I worry about other folks who might pump their nsec into any old app they come across - we need to make this clearer to newbies, I reckon.
This is the first coherent answer I have received about nsec security - all other people I’ve interacted with on here and 0xChat have been treating it like just another social app and shrugged their collective shoulders when I asked about it.
It looks like, yes, we still need to debate this or at least make it clear to newbies.
Yeah, onboarding is still not really great across the board. https://start.njump.me is a great place to point newbies. It explains things clearly, prompts users to back up their key, and offers a multi-signature bunker out of the box.