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Filippo Valsorda
@FiloSottile
Humans are bad at coming up with passwords. How much would y'all hate it if the age CLI didn't support custom passwords, and always generated a secure passphrase? (The API and --decrypt would still support custom passwords.)
  • Sure, autogenerate it! 👍
    58.7%
  • Hell no, I need custom 🤬
    25.1%
  • age? passphrases? huh?
    16.2%
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Rich Felker
@RichFelker
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@FiloSottile
I think m17n is the biggest show stopper. In 2021 no software should be reverting to "use one of the big imperial languages or fuck you". (Note: UI in your language & ability to have data in your language are very different levels here.)
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Daniel Micay
@DanielMicay
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@RichFelker
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@FiloSottile
BIP39 seed phases support localization. There aren't word lists for each language though. The word lists need to be carefully crafted. You can see an example of the thought that has to go into it at github.com/bitcoin/bips/p. Can't really add a language without being very fluent.
github.com
Add Portuguese wordlist to BIP39 by sabotag3x · Pull Request #998 · bitcoin/bips
The Portuguese wordlist was carefully checked manually by Portuguese and Brazilians in order to achieve a high level of quality. All the words are commonly used in both countries. In addition the P...
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