Is there an easy tool to login to #Nostr apps on mobile with an “extension” yet like @Alby does on desktop browser? This is my biggest issue with going exploring right now. I hate pasting my Nsec all over the place. Any ideas?

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There are a couple android browsers that allow extensions. Nos2x for example plus I think Firefox? And kiwi supports them for sure
On iOS you'd want to use the Nostore application from the App Store. It's an extension for Safari. Android is a little different, having to use Firefox or Kiwi with a browser extension just like desktop.
Nostore works really well. The only sucky thing, if you install as a PWA, you can’t get nostore to communicate with it.
Or you can use nsecbunker by @PABLOF7z and delegate keys. I wish that newer nostrapps implemented this service, it’s super handy. But for the mean time nostore does the job right
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frphank 2 years ago
That's assuming you trust Damus. His concern was that there were too many apps and not knowing which to trust.
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frphank 2 years ago
You're asking exactly the right question here. What's needed is some key management app similar to but not the same as iOS keychain or Android/Google Password Manager (that stores keys not just passwords). This app would grant indirect fine-grained access to keys to other apps subject to users' choice. Indirect because it will perform cryptographic operations on the client app's behalf instead of directly revealing the key.
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frphank 2 years ago
I have ideas and plans there but not promising anything.
Been having trouble with this one honestly. I want to come back to it but I fought with it for a long time and it just wasn’t reliable and randomly busted completely stopped working. Never went back to figure out why. I wish I had time for troubleshooting projects on these things, but I just don’t unfortunately. So if it doesn’t mostly just work, then it’s not going to be much help. ☹️