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> do something like 1password does with chars and letters: show them differently That’s missing the point. You can show them differently, but the point of keys
by oefrha 7y ago
> do something like 1password does with chars and letters: show them differently
That’s missing the point. You can show them differently, but the point of keys / recovery codes is that they’ll be stored somewhere and later re-entered. Users could store them in any program (including writing them down or printing them out), you can’t control how they are displayed over there. Then when they need to use them, there’s a chance the ambiguous characters can’t be easily discerned.
- Groxx 7y agoSince you can't control the display there, but you can control how it's interpreted, you make it a non-issue by mapping them to the same thing in whatever is consuming the input. Or just try all combinations, unless they entered o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0 you're probably only going to have to try a small handful.