Security & privacy

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• Wish it existed

  password manager with a different focus

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  I wish there was a password manager with a different focus.

  valenterry · Aug 29, 2026in “Show HN: Sesame - a local-first, open-source password manager”

• Wish it existed

  secret for that telemetry system in its environment

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  12-factor best practices say there should be a secret for that telemetry system in its environment.

  zbentley · Aug 28, 2026in “The Twelve-Factor App (2025)”

• Wish it existed

  way to tag this type of the posts, but at least my HN client allows to tag the authors

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  I wish there was a way to tag this type of the posts, but at least my HN client allows to tag the authors.

  subscribed · Jul 23, 2026in “Code mode yields a 99.2% cost reduction in our systems”

• Wish it existed

  common password manager protocol and a discovery mechanism that allows browsers to detect and communicate with the user’s password manager

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  There should be a common password manager protocol and a discovery mechanism that allows browsers to detect and communicate with the user’s password manager.

  Someone · Jul 21, 2026in “Ask HN: What are opinions on browser password manager vs. standalone?”

• Would pay for

  browser, period, if it was good, respected privacy, was efficient and fast on mobile, and synced things between devices

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  Actually, I would pay for the browser, period, if it was good, respected privacy, was efficient and fast on mobile, and synced things between devices.

  xando · Jul 20, 2026in “Orion Browser by Kagi”

• Wish it existed

  global registry for books written by generative AI and sold under the name of a "real" (probably non-exisiting) author

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  There should be a global registry for books written by generative AI and sold under the name of a "real" (probably non-exisiting) author.

  antfarm · Jul 14, 2026in “Ask HN: Add flag for AI-generated articles”

• Wish it existed

  20 year rule for all released commercial software to release the source code outside of national security concerns

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  I think there should be a 20 year rule for all released commercial software to release the source code outside of national security concerns.

  AtlasBarfed · Jun 13, 2026in “A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones”

• Would pay for

  non-Chromium, highly performant, privacy-first browser

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  At this point, I'd pay for a non-Chromium, highly performant, privacy-first browser.

  vintagedave · Jun 10, 2026in “Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension”

• Wish it existed

  middle layer that preserves enough state to resume and debug while aggressively quarantining obvious secret classes and high-risk blobs

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  I'd love a middle layer that preserves enough state to resume and debug while aggressively quarantining obvious secret classes and high-risk blobs.

  jazzen · Jun 6, 2026in “Show HN: Ccgs – Collaborative Claude Code sessions, stored in Git branches”

• Wish it existed

  toggle in the phone's settings to enable/disable app installation with a password, like sudo

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  There should be a toggle in the phone's settings to enable/disable app installation with a password, like sudo.

  txrx0000 · Mar 6, 2026in “System76 on Age Verification Laws”

• Wish it existed

  some kind of public database that allowed easy lookup of whether a given company is owned by a private equity firm

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  I wish there were some kind of public database that allowed easy lookup of whether a given company is owned by a private equity firm.

  ekropotin · Jan 11, 2026in “Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade: study”

• Wish it existed

  similar thing for Amtrak, which has a route/progress tracker that only marginally works IME

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  (I wish someone would make a similar thing for Amtrak, which has a route/progress tracker that only marginally works IME.)

  woodruffw · Dec 21, 2025in “Show HN: The Official National Train Map Sucked, So I Made My Own”

• Would pay for

  good, private browser (I know they make onion but I'm on linux, not macos or windows)

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  I am paying for kagi, and I would pay for a good, private browser (I know they make onion but I'm on linux, not macos or windows).

  grimblee · Dec 18, 2025in “Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?”

• Wish it existed

  minimum standard of care for private data

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  I guess if I try to distill my thoughts down, what I really mean is that there should be a minimum standard of care for private data.

  tavavex · Dec 1, 2025in “Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it”

• Wish it existed

  social security system, we're in agreement

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  if your point is that on a societal level there should be a social security system, we're in agreement.

  ArnoVW · Nov 23, 2025in “Inmates at a Mississippi jail were ordered to do the guards' bidding”