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 Thanks for the shout out!

Yeah, I build open source hardware password managers. It's basically a self-custody & hardware security for your passwords (and seed phrases, and whatever else you want to put in there).

It's all open hardware, software, and firmware.

This is pretty much a one-man operation and I'm so focused on the technical aspects, I don't have much time to do promote it. So I **really** appreciate people helping me spread the word like this!

https://hax0rbana.org/signet for more info 
 Seems cool, but what is the benefit of this VS self hosting bitwarden?  
 Some advantages of Signet:

1. It's fully functional offline (adding, reading, updating, and deleting entries)

2. Unlocking the database does NOT allow immediate access to any/all of your passwords; youhave to press the device's button for each password. This means if your computer was compromised and you unlocked your password database, your data is still pretty safe unless you sit there and press the button repeatedly for each password you want to release.


Advantages of bitwarden:

I. You can share passwords with others

II. It's cheap (arguably free, but I'd encourage you to donate to threw developers if you use it 🙂) 
 Are yall planning to make one with usb C so I can use it with my phone 
 You can already use it with a USB A-to-C adapter. With that, it works in a computer with USB-C only right out of the box.

As for mobile devices, it's more complicated. There is actually a mobile app for Android that works, but it doesn't install with the latest Android release. If you have an older releasez it'll work fine, but I haven't been able to get it to compile (I inherited this project), so that's pretty much dead in the water for the moment (for the latest version of Android).

If you know any Android devs who would be willing to lemd a hand, it'd probably be something that is easy for them to fix. I could really use the help. It's an open source project, not a Dr. Hax for-profit corporation, so there's no budget to hire a dev or consultant.

Also, yes, I am planning a version with on-board USB-C. But 🤫 I haven't officially announced it yet. In fact, the final parts for the prototype just arrived earlier today! 
 Nice, I'll probably buy once you get that new version out. Since I use graphene, I imagine it will not work on my phone 
 It worked on my previoys GrapheneOS phone, and the one before that. So if I can fimd an Android dev to help out, I'm confident it'll work with Graphene. 🙂