chore(browser-extension): remove abandoned Chrome extension#32
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The `rust/browser-extension/` directory contained a Chrome extension that was never finished and is superseded by the Ghostkey Vault delegate (`freenet/ghostkeys`), which runs inside any Freenet node and is reachable from every Freenet webapp via the message API. The delegate is strictly better: it doesn't require a browser-specific install, works on any host that runs Freenet, and benefits from the same cryptographic sandboxing as the rest of the runtime. Leaving the WIP extension in the tree is actively misleading — it also contains a latent bug (signing-key PEM label mismatch, #30) that would surface if anyone tried to import a real ghost key. Delete it rather than fix it. The Rust workspace at `rust/Cargo.toml` does not include `browser-extension`, no Makefile.toml task references it, and no CI workflow builds it, so the removal is self-contained. Closes #30. [AI-assisted - Claude]
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Problem
rust/browser-extension/contained a Chrome extension that was never finished and is superseded by the Ghostkey Vault delegate (freenet/ghostkeys). The delegate runs inside any Freenet node, is reachable from every Freenet webapp via the message API, doesn't require a browser-specific install, and benefits from the same cryptographic sandboxing as the rest of the runtime.Leaving the WIP extension in the tree is actively misleading. It also contains a latent bug — the signing-key PEM label mismatch tracked in #30 — which would surface if anyone tried to import a real ghost key.
Approach
Delete rather than fix. The directory is self-contained:
rust/Cargo.toml's workspace.Makefile.tomltask references it..github/workflows/builds it.Fixes
Closes #30.
[AI-assisted - Claude]