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Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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Re: Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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post #5

This is cool, will install it right now. Shameless plug: I work in the same field but instead of storing passwords trying to replace passwords and 2fa altogether with one scheme working as a web app: truefactor.io/app

How does it work? Any info on that.

Re: Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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Two suggestions for the web page. First, please include the system requirements for each platform under the platform names. That would make it easier to decide whether to download the application or not.

Second, a nitpick - the OS on Mac computers is called "OS X" since the time of OS X 10.7 Lion and not "Mac OS X". Please fix that. The name "Mac OS X" was used only for older releases up to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. :)

Re: Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The contents of the second audit in particular deeply troubled me. Lots of simple but grevious mistakes. It's nice that they got the audit though.

FWIW, the audit happened directly in the middle of a dev cycle, without any of the normal internal review of that code first. The audit report describes those circumstances in the first few pages. Scheduling audits is hard work!

Yeah, especially when there are no clearly defined "sprints".

Re: Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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post #71
post #5

This is cool, will install it right now. Shameless plug: I work in the same field but instead of storing passwords trying to replace passwords and 2fa altogether with one scheme working as a web app: truefactor.io/app

How does it work? Any info on that.

Nothing new, private keys are generated per account, the entire app will be in appcache, and sync is done via simple API and encrypted with your passphrase messages (same as crypton - zero knowledge). From the start you get 2 private keys both stored in your browser on truefactor.io/app. Later if you you decide to "2factorize" some website it can done with 1 click. To log in you need two signatures so you have to click "approve" on both devices with a private key.

The integration flow for consumer websites is also very simple: 1 tiny JS lib and 10-20 lines of code on the server side to verify 2 signatures against public keys of the user.

Out of box fixes passwords reuse, phishing, bruteforce, 2factorization, enforceable, open and free etc

Re: Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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post #58
post #56

Cloud based and private? It's not how this works.

It works if what you upload is already encrypted, which is the case here... Apparently it uses https://github.com/spideroak/crypton

It works as long as someone can't break encryption method.

Re: Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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post #75
post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It works if what you upload is already encrypted, which is the case here... Apparently it uses https://github.com/spideroak/crypton

It works as long as someone can't break encryption method.

Thanks captain obvious...

Re: Encryptr – Free, open-source password manager and e-wallet

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post #67

Strange that there are no iOS client.

Warning: long answer ahead. Short version: there will be very soon. I use it daily on my own iPhone. The issue is that because Crypton does crypto with JavaScript in the web view of a Cordova app, it needs to not be stupendously slow. The default iOS web view available for Cordova apps, up until iOS 8, was the UIWebView which is well known for not having access to a JIT (like Nitro in mobile Safari). This means that…

Sounds great :)

If you need a beta tester please mail me (martindk at mailbox.org)

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