why couldn't we let users sign events / log in by presenting a qr code, and have the user sign from their signing app?
wouldn't go thru relays, signer could be offline. would be a bit of a QR dance (scan then be scanned), but otherwise seems ok. #asknostr
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sounds like a good idea, especially if the extra scan could be skipped with same network devices (or maybe bluetooth?)
maybe, but you'd have to initiate a connection etc, qr is easy because its not network based.
Sounds like a good idea on the surface, but the song and dance of scanning a QR to get the unsigned event over to the signing device and then scanning another QR to get the signed event back to the broadcasting device would get old really fast since EVERYTHING you do on Nostr needs a signature from your private key, not just signing in.
Just try using Amber signer with zero automatic signing permissions to see what I mean. And the method you are talking about does not allow for automatic signing of any of them.
