I mentioned above that native apps are a different story, especially on iOS where there really is no other option at this time. PWAs are also a different matter. If you are using PWAs on iOS then pasting your nsec may be your only option. Not sure if nsec.app might work for that use case. Either way, I still wouldn't recommend pasting your nsec into a client if it can at all be avoided, regardless of how much you trust the developer. It's a matter of how cavalier you want to be about your nsec possibly being compromised. I have been around here long enough to know that even the most well-intentioned devs in this space make mistakes that can compromise users' private keys. Hopefully we will see a signer app for iOS developed that will work similar to Amber, and which can be used both for native apps and PWAs. I saw that @npub1yaul...vjmf is going to be making this a priority.

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npub1yaul...vjmf 11 months ago
Yes, I’m currently working on a native Nostr signer on iOS. I’ve paused most of my other Nostr work to do this.
Thank you for the further clarification. I wouldn't be surprised if I were the only new Nostrich to want to get a feel for the different apps before narrowing down to daily drivers. Security is a sliding scale, I understand more than the typical layperson, but I am still just a layperson on the subject. #Nostore worked great on the iPad. It wasn't on a list I was previously sent, so I appreciate you pointing me in that direction. @npub1yaul...vjmf for those of us in the back of the class, what is a signer for Nostr?