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varjolintu··on I am not a black belt
Doing ukemi to save himself. This is just the first step of the practice. Uke (receiver) co-operates in a way that tori can practice the thing being taught. Only after that things start to change: uke changes something, tries to evade, resists etc. However, this phase is rarely shown in demonstrations. Even more rare if you see the step(s) after that.
varjolintu··on Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data
Yes. This is mandatory for all browser extensions. There's no API behind a separate permission, even if would be the best way to handle this.
varjolintu··on Don't use passkeys for encrypting user data
Actually, if you export your vault as JSON, the passkeys are there in plain-text.
varjolintu··on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
I'm curious to know what this "model" actually means. A real-time AI monitoring for conversations?
varjolintu··on Passkeys: They're not perfect but they're getting better
FYI: If you export your Bitwarden vault as plain JSON, passkeys are included in plain-text too. So, it works similar to KeePassXC.
varjolintu··on Passkeys and Modern Authentication
KeePassX is long dead, and it's not with "key" but with "kee" -> KeePassXC. Thank you :)
varjolintu··on Japan's Creepiest Station
ようこそ 日本一のモグラえき 土合へ Translates to something like: "Welcome to Doai, Japan's number one mole station (mogura-eki)".
varjolintu··on FIDO Alliance publishes new spec to let users move passkeys across providers
The worst thing about passkeys is how browser extensions must handle them: using JavaScript injections to the web page. Of course this means _any_ browser extension could do the same and be the man-in-the-middle inspecting the passkey creation and authentication. I'd be glad to have some kind of standard API behind a proper permission for handling passkeys.
varjolintu··on Concerns about Passkeys
According to this list majority of the clients are out of spec: https://passkeys.dev/docs/reference/known-issues/
varjolintu··on What is the most useful project you have worked on?
A few medical projects (one still being active). And KeePassXC.
varjolintu··on Passkeys – Under the Hood
The fallback should be fixed in extension version 1.9.0.2.
varjolintu··on Passkeys – Under the Hood
I'm sure you mean KeePassXC? KeePassX has been dead for years.
varjolintu··on WebAuthn.wtf
It's actually tested with Google. Apple does not work because they have restricted the Passkey creation outside the browser. And there's a list of tested sites in the pull request.

Linux situation is definitely not solved yet, and some sites still ignore Firefox because of missing support. The only reason I mentioned KeePassXC because it's the first free and open source solution that actually supports importing and exporting Passkeys. Even if it's still beta/rc phase.

Every other password manager browser extension injects same kind of scripts to every page (1Password included), because browsers lack an open API for WebAuthn.

varjolintu··on WebAuthn.wtf
KeePassXC's Passkey implementation allows free import/export, and of course Linux is also supported: https://fosstodon.org/@keepassxc/111298602211286675
varjolintu··on Passkeys are now enabled by default for Google users
If you consider KeePassXC to be one of the big players, they (will) support importing and exporting Passkeys.
varjolintu··on Passkeys are generally available
I agree. An open API in browsers would simplify things a lot.
varjolintu··on Passkeys are generally available
Every password manager browser extension does a similar injection, including 1Password.
varjolintu··on Bitwarden login down due to Azure outage
KeePassXC does have auto-fill for browsers. And also Auto-Type which allows you to enter your credentials to _any_ application possible. All this works without any third party plugins.
varjolintu··on SVG Chromium bug is more than 10 years old
Magic of course. Talking seriously, it's one more step you'll have to take care of when making extensions for multiple browsers. Using SVG's directly would be much more simple for the devs.
varjolintu··on SVG Chromium bug is more than 10 years old
Chromium still doesn't support SVG icons in browser extensions either. Not as extension's own icon or in the browser toolbar. Firefox has supported those for years. Chromium just scales the images to the nearest 16-dip.
varjolintu··on Proton Pass end-to-end encrypted password manager is here and free for everyone
There's still nothing about the telemetry in the browser extension? I couldn't find any mention about it in the "Help us improve Proton apps" or from the privacy policy page. The privacy policy mentions "It details the data processing activities specifically related to the creation and activity of your Proton Account when you use Proton Pass." though, but it's a bit unclear.

When looking at the extension's source code, telemetry data is anonymous, but it's always sent to the remote endpoint, and the only way to disable it is from your Proton account, not the extension itself.

varjolintu··on Proton announces Proton Pass, a password manager
From https://proton.me/blog/proton-pass-beta:

"Proton Pass is also one of the first password managers to include a fully integrated two-factor authenticator (2FA) and supports 2FA autofill."

Highly doubt that. There are already multiple password managers with the feature.

varjolintu··on Ask HN: How do you manage your passwords in 2023?
FYI: KeePassX had its last release in 10/2016 and the development has been stopped: https://www.keepassx.org/index.html%3Fp=636.html
varjolintu··on Introducing passkeys in Chrome
Browsers should definitely give developers an open API for WebAuthn/Passkeys instead of relying on dirty inject hacks. For now, injecting is the only way to get it to work. Unless you modify the password manager itself to disguise itself as an USB authenticator device.
varjolintu··on Introducing passkeys in Chrome
KeePassXC already has a development branch where WebAuthn is supported in both extension and KeePassXC, so the keys will be stored to your database and can be exported/imported normally. The support needs to be extended and tested for Passkeys also. So yes, controlling your own keys is possible. Browsers just wanted users to use their own walled gardens.
varjolintu··on KeePassXC 2.7.0
You can also trigger Global Auto-Type from the browser extension with seperate keyboard shortcut (or using context menu), and it handles the URL matching with Auto-Type without any extra extensions.
varjolintu··on KeePassXC 2.7.0
You can have multiple URL's per entry. However, those only work with the browser extension. Edit entry and go to Browser Integration tab. There's a list of additional URL's.
varjolintu··on Today is 2022/02/22
Greetings from GMT+2.
varjolintu··on Mozilla Foundation now accepts cryptocurrency donations
So.. where I can donate to Firefox _only_?
varjolintu··on LastPass Login Attempted Activity Blocked – More Information
Please don't use KeePassX. The development stopped already in 2016. Switch to a more active alternative. See: https://www.keepassx.org/index.html%3Fp=636.html
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