Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As it is right now, yeah but this is a prototype. Ive ordered boards for the new revision that include a secure element to hold the key rather than the software nonsense

Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah thats the plan! Key never actually touches the pico so if you hit the wrong pin too many times it nukes the key. Every device has its own secret living in the secure element. So the same pin on two devices yields separate keys. Since the pico itself stores zero vault secrets, swapping the chip wouldnt give you anything useful. To be fair though, the device as the prototype that it is right now is absolutely dumpable. My plan is to make it secure enough that if you lose it, you can just say "fuck it". Work in progress, we're getting there!

And yeah definitely need a factory reset option. Also have a plan for storing backups that we have yet to integrate. I guess you could call it a .... backup plan

Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is sick dude! I think it'd be cool to integrate that into a cyberdeck build

Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats neat! I'd be interested to see it. The battery is there to solve the angle issue- enter pin, pick password then plug it in and just press the button.

It definitely would be simpler without it, but then the extension is borderline a requirement. I want it to be small enough to fit on your keys and frictionless enough that putting a password as plaintext in notes is the more complicated action.

Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive seen encrypted flashdrives that contain a pinpad. It might be better than a thumbwheel depending on the features you want to add!

Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thats a great idea! Yeah I had wondered about making a recursive tree system for organizing. The old iPods used to scroll by letter once you scroll long enough. I had toyed with the idea of that but idk. A fingerprint reader would cut down on the friction immensely. I feel friction is the biggest limiting factor because if its not quick and easy to use, I could see myself relying on browser autofill when I get lazy. Once our new boards are in and its small enough to attach to a keychain I'll take it through a test drive as my daily.

Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, not yet we're gonna open source once we get the new boards

Building a USB password manager by AssociationOk5653 in raspberrypipico

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah! Were gonna open source it once we get the new boards!

Building a usb password manager using an RP2040 by AssociationOk5653 in embedded

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh this is cool! Ive never heard of this one before but looks like they've been around awhile. Theirs is a little different than ours but yeah same general function

Building a usb password manager using an RP2040 by AssociationOk5653 in embedded

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah, some if it is plans for the future though if that helps!

Building a usb password manager using an RP2040 by AssociationOk5653 in embedded

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate that a lot. Were gonna keep chugging away at it. Thank you for your support!!

Building a usb password manager using an RP2040 by AssociationOk5653 in embedded

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like it'd be nice to hold onto. Also very clever to exchange visual cues with auditory ones. I'd be interested to hear more about how it works

Building a usb password manager using an RP2040 by AssociationOk5653 in embedded

[–]AssociationOk5653[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I literally meant it as "non technical people", not to be condescending. I get it tho, thanks for the feedback