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Hey HN, I'm the primary developer of the extension, let me know if anyone has questions. We've been experimenting with a bunch of different ideas and features—

by shazow 9y ago

Hey HN, I'm the primary developer of the extension, let me know if anyone has questions. We've been experimenting with a bunch of different ideas and features—most of them you can enable/disable in the extension's "options". We launched a Reddit-focused extension last month but this release embraces all of the social networks that we support. I'll be writing up a blog post soon, particularly about how we use the WebExtension NativeMessaging API to communicate securely with the Keybase service.

joshuata 9y ago
Would it be possible to upload an extension for Opera? I believe the platform is essentially identical.
- shazow 9y ago
  The ultimate goal is to support any browser that implements the standard WebExtension API. Right now we're doing rapid prototyping so we're sticking to just Chrome for the time being, but more browsers will come as soon as we figure out what we want to stick with. :)
endetti 9y ago
Hey! I've been following the Keybase for some time and I really like the idea behind this project. I installed the extension in my browser and now whenever I hit the "keybase chat" button I get the message "You need the Keybase app to send chat messages." The keybase desktop app obviously runs fine in the background. Browser: Version 58.0.3029.110 Built on Ubuntu, running on Ubuntu 17.04 (64-bit) Btw: Would you consider putting the Android app on F-Droid?
- shazow 9y ago
  Could you confirm which version of Keybase you're running? `keybase version` Also, is it Chrome or Chromium? Feel free to message me directly on Keybase if you'd prefer: https://keybase.io/shazow https://keybase.io/shazow [Edit: In case anyone is curious, this has been resolved by restarting Chromium.]
lettergram 9y ago
I built my own chrome extension using keybase over a year ago, which I called AnyCrypt: http://lettergram.github.io/AnyCrypt/ http://lettergram.github.io/AnyCrypt/ I use it with a few friends, it isn't super secure (in the sense I store people's private key locally). The real issue I had was two fold: 1. You guys really didn't want me pulling the private key from your servers. Although it was possible, I had to decode all the work you guys did, which sucked. 2. It wasn't seemless, i.e. I had to do some right clicking. The one benefit I see on my current method, is I can use any chat to communicate. I already use signal, have encrypted emails, etc. So what do I gain using this extension?
- shazow 9y ago
  Hey, AnyCrypt looks cool! Sorry to hear about your troubles reversing the key infrastructure. I'm not involved in that part of Keybase, but if you'd like to discuss it further I can put you in touch with the right people if you PM me. Regarding what you're gaining with the extension: Our goal with the extension is to improve workflows for Keybase power users, and generally make it a little more user friendly/convenient in some scenarios. As to what you gain from using Keybase: It's a much more sophisticated product than Signal or encrypted emails. A core proposition is cross-verified social proofs. You can Keybase chat with shazow@twitter and have a strong guarantee that it's also shazow@hackernews. The way Keybase does key management and device provisioning is very cool too. And did I mention file storage and sharing? And more coming soon!

by shazow 9y ago

joshuata 9y ago

Would it be possible to upload an extension for Opera? I believe the platform is essentially identical.

shazow 9y ago
The ultimate goal is to support any browser that implements the standard WebExtension API. Right now we're doing rapid prototyping so we're sticking to just Chrome for the time being, but more browsers will come as soon as we figure out what we want to stick with. :)

endetti 9y ago

Hey! I've been following the Keybase for some time and I really like the idea behind this project. I installed the extension in my browser and now whenever I hit the "keybase chat" button I get the message "You need the Keybase app to send chat messages." The keybase desktop app obviously runs fine in the background. Browser: Version 58.0.3029.110 Built on Ubuntu, running on Ubuntu 17.04 (64-bit) Btw: Would you consider putting the Android app on F-Droid?

shazow 9y ago
Could you confirm which version of Keybase you're running? `keybase version` Also, is it Chrome or Chromium? Feel free to message me directly on Keybase if you'd prefer: https://keybase.io/shazow https://keybase.io/shazow [Edit: In case anyone is curious, this has been resolved by restarting Chromium.]

lettergram 9y ago

I built my own chrome extension using keybase over a year ago, which I called AnyCrypt: http://lettergram.github.io/AnyCrypt/ http://lettergram.github.io/AnyCrypt/ I use it with a few friends, it isn't super secure (in the sense I store people's private key locally). The real issue I had was two fold: 1. You guys really didn't want me pulling the private key from your servers. Although it was possible, I had to decode all the work you guys did, which sucked. 2. It wasn't seemless, i.e. I had to do some right clicking. The one benefit I see on my current method, is I can use any chat to communicate. I already use signal, have encrypted emails, etc. So what do I gain using this extension?

shazow 9y ago
Hey, AnyCrypt looks cool! Sorry to hear about your troubles reversing the key infrastructure. I'm not involved in that part of Keybase, but if you'd like to discuss it further I can put you in touch with the right people if you PM me. Regarding what you're gaining with the extension: Our goal with the extension is to improve workflows for Keybase power users, and generally make it a little more user friendly/convenient in some scenarios. As to what you gain from using Keybase: It's a much more sophisticated product than Signal or encrypted emails. A core proposition is cross-verified social proofs. You can Keybase chat with shazow@twitter and have a strong guarantee that it's also shazow@hackernews. The way Keybase does key management and device provisioning is very cool too. And did I mention file storage and sharing? And more coming soon!