[messaging] Passphrase-based key mobility (was: Peerio)

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Mon Mar 2 15:08:50 PST 2015


Cool! Great improvement. :)

Sorry if this was mentioned somewhere already (I searched but can't find it): how big is the dictionary that you're using?

Meaning, how many words are you picking from for each word?

Cheers,
Greg

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On Mar 2, 2015, at 12:30 PM, Nadim Kobeissi <nadim at nadim.computer> wrote:

> It's now live, pushed to users! Mentioned in this blog post:
> http://blog.peerio.com/post/112534441334/the-new-peerio-simpler-more-secure
> 
> Thanks, everyone, for this great discussion. You've all contributed to improving Peerio. :-)
> 
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Trevor Perrin <trevp at trevp.net> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Nadim Kobeissi <nadim at nadim.computer> wrote:
> >
> > We have decided to forego with user-chosen passphrases entirely, and to
> > stick uniquely to the miniLock model of having a CSPRNG pick a high-entropy
> > (112-bit) passphrase for users.
> 
> Cool, sounds like a good improvement.
> 
> Trevor
> 
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