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0 pointsM95D2y ago0 comments

> have to type 10-20 per day

Same problem here. My solution: Get a mouse with internal memory for macros, such as Natec Genesis GX78 (old, no longer available, but this is an example). Program your new password on one of the unused mouse buttons or in a different profile. Use the mouse to type the password.

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reaperman2y ago

Might be a good product to app-ify. Maybe a USB dongle that acts like a keyboard and controlled by your phone. Give it some sort of 1Password / Bitwarden integration.

Could make it double as a YubiKey.

Surely this exists already?

f3d46600-b66e2y ago

Yubikey supports this already, but without the phone part.

mikepurvis2y ago

I should do this for ssh password entry. Running ssh-agent is still 90% of the story, but it comes up often enough that I'm on a terminal in a remote machine or inside a screen session or something that it would still be awfully useful to be able to just autotype it.

reaperman2y ago

Does it require installing 3rd party software on the host machine? This might not work great for this kind of "shadow IT" application in all environments, whereas one that acts as a USB keyboard might be more versatile.

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Terr_2y ago

Separately from the password aspect, consider how convenient it may be to use your smartphone as a kind of re-reified "clipboard": Use the camera and on-device OCR to copy text, then "paste" it as a virtual keyboard connected over USB.

It's very niche, but in those rare situations it'll be a big time-saver compared to human transcription or the rigamarole of setting up some other kind of data channel.

reaperman2y ago

Now I’m curious if BT can be secure enough for all this (responsibly)

RunningDroid2y ago

The InputStick¹ can provide the hardware side, the software side is open-source² as well. It only has a keepass2android plugin at the moment though.

1: http://inputstick.com

2: https://github.com/inputstick

Grazester2y ago

Yubikeys can do this.

eropple2y ago

It can, and I tried this, but in practice we have to change our passwords at my current employer so frequently that I got more irked changing it on the Yubikey (not the least hassle-free of processes, as I couldn't install the Yubikey software on the work machine) than just typing the thing.

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reaperman2y ago

Might be a good product to app-ify. Maybe a USB dongle that acts like a keyboard and controlled by your phone. Give it some sort of 1Password / Bitwarden integration.

Could make it double as a YubiKey.

Surely this exists already?

f3d46600-b66e2y ago

Yubikey supports this already, but without the phone part.

mikepurvis2y ago

reaperman2y ago

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Terr_2y ago

It's very niche, but in those rare situations it'll be a big time-saver compared to human transcription or the rigamarole of setting up some other kind of data channel.

reaperman2y ago

Now I’m curious if BT can be secure enough for all this (responsibly)

RunningDroid2y ago

The InputStick¹ can provide the hardware side, the software side is open-source² as well. It only has a keepass2android plugin at the moment though.

1: http://inputstick.com

2: https://github.com/inputstick

Grazester2y ago

Yubikeys can do this.

eropple2y ago

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