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[-] kalleboo@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

As for storing the private key you could encrypt it with (a derivative of) the user’s password

And now every time a user forgets their password and does password recovery, they lose all their DMs.

E2EE chat is a difficult problem.

[-] DivergentHarmonics@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

That's a feature not a bug!
Actually, users should not be required to trust the browser storage or in-app key generation, but be enabled to enter their own pgp key.

[-] amju_wolf@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean you could just store it encrypted in the database for the basics, and for advanced users allow them to back it up.

There are tons of ways to improve it, but there is definitely way more you can do without much inconvenience to the users. I doubt losing old DMs is a huge issue when you forget your password...

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