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engineering
2 posts tagged engineering.
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How ClipHop encrypts your clipboard: X25519, AES-256-GCM, and Ed25519
A complete walkthrough of ClipHop's cryptographic design — X25519 ECDH per reconnect for session keys, AES-256-GCM for authenticated encryption, Ed25519 long-term identity keys in the Keychain / Keystore, and fingerprint verification against MITM.
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Why we chose Bluetooth LE for clipboard sync (over WiFi, iCloud, and LAN)
The engineering rationale for ClipHop: why Bluetooth LE beats WiFi, iCloud, and LAN-based clipboard-sync tools like KDE Connect — and where BLE's honest trade-offs show up.