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Encrypting Data in the Browser Using WebAuthn

When I discovered WebAuthn three years ago a quirky idea came to me: “what if you could also protect data with a security key?” The idea of a physical authenticator being used to encrypt and decrypt information stuck with me, even after I came to understand that WebAuthn couldn’t be used in that way.

Fast forward to 2023. The recent addition of the prf extension to the WebAuthn L3 Draft spec is introducing functionality to WebAuthn that makes my crazy idea possible! Imagine it: a quick tap to encrypt a super secret message, a short journey via sneakernet, then a quick tap to decrypt the message… Encrypting Data in the Browser Using WebAuthn

January 27, 2023
#encryption ▪ #browser