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Former Member
5 years agoSandboxed application can't communicate with browser extension
I have installed 1Password from the Ubuntu Software Center and installed the accompanying Chromium browser extension. When I launch 1Password, then go to Settings > Browser, I see the following text:...
Former Member
4 years agoFortunately, we don't need that keychain any more, but may need it again for future features.
When we originally put up browser integration, though, that keychain was how we ensured that the data was encrypted when crossing the socket and that other applications wouldn't be able to connect to the socket to evesdrop on the connection. The new secrets management that you linked to looks very interesting, though.
Anyway, we can set that aside. Now it's just a matter of me modifying 1Password to know how to find the helper when inside of a flatpak. After that, I have to add a few parameters to the flatpak entrypoint so that we can launch multiple different executables that are stored within the Flatpak.
Short answer: I largely know what I need to do. I just have to find the time to do it.