[liberationtech] Browser extensions or native application for crypto? Was: Whiteout OpenPGP.js encrypted mail client (Chrome HML5 App)

[Maxim Kammerer]

Operating systems have decades of research into privilege separation
between users and processes. Browsers are a nice interface for viewing
websites. If you want signed executables and cross-platform support,
you can use e.g., Java Web Start (which is what Android apps
essentially boil down to).