From 28c77b7648b2a44a18be64ec44344d91cccfd742 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christophe Besson Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 14:25:00 +0200 Subject: feat(auth): the recovery key never reaches the hub MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ticking "also e-mail it to me" at registration sent the recovery key R in the register body, and the hub appended it to the verification e-mail: the hub saw R in clear on its way out, and the resend door — no captcha — let anyone who knew a pending username and address have the hub mail a "recovery key" of their choosing. The box is gone. The recovery screen offers "E-mail it to myself", a mailto: link that opens the person's own mail application with the key filled in; the desktop shell hands mailto: to the system (http, https and mailto only) and the Android shell to a mail application (ACTION_SENDTO). The CLI drops --email-recovery-key and prints the key, as before. The hub mails the code alone, and refuses a register that still carries a recovery_key rather than dropping it, so an older client offering the option cannot tell someone their key was sent when it was not. A mailbox holding R remains, with the reset code that reaches the same mailbox, enough to recover the account's identities; the link says so, and it is the person's choice. Checked in Chrome and Firefox (headless, the real page against a stubbed hub) and by the CLI's end-to-end registration against a local hub. The Android change was not built here, and the desktop link was not clicked in the application. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/locales/en.js | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/locales/en.js') diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/locales/en.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/locales/en.js index fd56d68..b32c569 100644 --- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/locales/en.js +++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/locales/en.js @@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ export default { 'register.recovery_warning': 'If you lose both your passphrase and this key, your files stay on their nodes but you rejoin each group with a new identity.', 'register.recovery_saved': 'I have saved my recovery key somewhere safe.', 'register.recovery_continue': 'Continue', - 'register.recovery_email_opt': 'Also email this recovery key to me as a backup', - 'register.recovery_emailed': 'A copy has also been sent to your email, in the same message as your verification code.', - 'register.recovery_not_emailed': 'This was not emailed. Save it now — this is the only time it is shown.', + 'register.recovery_mail_self': 'E-mail it to myself', + 'register.recovery_mail_hint': 'Opens your own mail app with the key filled in. It does not pass through the hub; whoever can read that mailbox can use it.', + 'register.recovery_shown_once': 'Save it now — this is the only time it is shown.', + 'register.recovery_mail_subject': 'MeshBay recovery key', + 'register.recovery_mail_body': 'Recovery key for the MeshBay account {user}:\n\n{key}\n\nIt restores your group identities if you forget your passphrase. Keep this message private.', 'register.success_title': 'Verify your email', 'register.success_msg': 'A verification code has been sent to your email address. Enter it below to activate your account.', 'register.go_login': 'Go to login', -- cgit v1.2.3