keybase / keybase/client

Allow user to sign selected pieces of text in the browser

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Description

Say I have an email I am writing in Inbox, or a comment on a website where I claim to be a myself, I have to

  • Copy my message
  • Go to keybase
  • Paste the message in keybase
  • Sign the message with my passphrase
  • Copy the output from keybase
  • Enter the signed message into wherever I was typing them

It would be nice if part of this can be skipped. I'd like to have it accessible from my browser, by doing the following:

  • Write a message on a website
  • Select the text
  • Right click, which now shows a Keybase menu
  • Click sign
  • Enter my passphrase

On an accepted passphrase, the message is signed and then automatically replaced, thus simplifying the process of using pgp on the web.

This can also be done for encrytion and decryption, by adding seperate buttons in the dropdown menu.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the browser integration and existing Keybase signing, encryption, and decryption flows; done means selected text can be signed from a browser context and replaced with the resulting output after passphrase entry.

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Assessment

Domain
cryptography, security, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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