Using ZK Sessions to improve UX

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The article proposes zkSessions, a private delegation method that lets a user's device grant a session key limited permissions and expiration without exposing the master key or the user's identity. It uses a robot assistant named Chappie acting for Bob as its running example, and it argues the approach can improve user experience for decentralized applications. The author notes that keys stored on a mobile device but needed in a laptop browser are usually handled either by exporting the keys, which is risky, or by QR code signing for each step, which is cumbersome. Under the proposed approach, a user creates one session and delegates session keys to the laptop with defined policies, so only one QR scan is needed per session.

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Well written piece on the theory of ZK sessions but also practical implications such as using it to improve the UX for cross device operations. Delegating usage of a private key with specific permissions makes a lot of sense.
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wow looks super interesting but I feel like I'll need to find some time to actually read this. Maybe we SHOULD add a bookmark button to the site...