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Keybase is out for iPhone, Android

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Re: Keybase is out for iPhone, Android

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I can't figure out how to log in on this. I use the CLI client which seems to have no way to auth the new device.

Doesn't the CLI client allow you to generate a new paper key? Then you can use that paper key to authorize the new device.

Command: `keybase paperkey` will generate a new paper key, then enter that key onto your device.

Re: Keybase is out for iPhone, Android

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Keybase is utterly unusable since you introduced the chat feature. I use a yubikey to store my gpg key so I get prompted every 5 minutes to enter my pin because for some reason keybase insists on requesting it over and over again even though I'm not even using the applcation.

FWIW, I also use a Yubikey and don't have this problem with Keybase. I'm running Keybase on a combination of Ubuntu and Debian machines. My master key is completely offline, and my subkeys are all on my Yubikey.

I have the same setup. I was never able to make Keybase work with GPG on a Yubikey. Did you have to jump through hoops to make it happen?

Re: Keybase is out for iPhone, Android

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Oh HN, so much for a soft-launch! (But thanks for all the positive comments on here.) We've been testing Keybase a lot with iOS and Android testers and we quietly released into the app stores last night. In many ways it's an MVP focusing on: (1) Keybase chat, and technically important (2) your phone acting as an additional device key, so you can easily provision new desktop computers. There are still some things miss…

> exists on all 5 platforms (iOS, Android, macOS, Linux, and Windows) How about Chromebooks?

I thought Chromebooks can run Android apps now?
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