Filippo Valsorda :go: on Nostr: Some things you can't do with cryptography alone. Encrypting securely to a ...

Some things you can't do with cryptography alone. Encrypting securely to a low-entropy secret, like a PIN, is one.

That's where hardware secure elements or HSMs come in, enabling otherwise impossible user experiences.

You're probably using one such system already.

https://words.filippo.io/dispatches/secure-elements/?source=Mastodon