feat: an "Allow weak passwords" setting lets a new wallet have a short password (closes #674)

Settings has a new "Allow weak passwords" checkbox, off in a new profile. While it is off, AddWallet refuses a password shorter than 12 characters, as before. While it is on, AddWallet accepts any password that is not empty. Key derivation is unchanged: one Argon2id derivation at libsodium's interactive setting. README's Key Decisions now states those parameters and why one light derivation is enough: the password's length is what protects the stored secret.

The screens say "password", as README's wording rules require, so the setting is "Allow weak passwords".

Model: opus-5-5

src/popup/index.html

@@ -980,6 +980,23 @@
                     </button>
                 </div>
 
+                <div class="bg-well p-3 mx-1 mb-3">
+                    <h3 class="font-bold mb-1">Passwords</h3>
+                    <label
+                        class="text-xs flex items-center gap-1 cursor-pointer mb-1"
+                    >
+                        <input
+                            type="checkbox"
+                            id="settings-allow-weak-passwords"
+                        />
+                        Allow weak passwords
+                    </label>
+                    <p class="text-xs text-muted">
+                        Lets you choose a password shorter than 12 characters
+                        when you add a wallet.
+                    </p>
+                </div>
+
                 <div class="bg-well p-3 mx-1 mb-3">
                     <h3 class="font-bold mb-1">Tracked Tokens</h3>
                     <p class="text-xs text-muted mb-2">

src/popup/views/addWallet.js

@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ function validatePassword() {
         showError("add-wallet-password-error", "Please choose a password.");
         return null;
     }
-    if (pw.length < 12) {
+    // "Allow weak passwords" in Settings lifts the 12-character minimum.
+    if (!state.allowWeakPasswords && pw.length < 12) {
         showError(
             "add-wallet-password-error",
             "Password must be at least 12 characters.",

src/popup/views/settings.js

@@ -499,6 +499,12 @@ function init(_ctx) {
         await saveState();
     });
 
+    $("settings-allow-weak-passwords").checked = state.allowWeakPasswords;
+    $("settings-allow-weak-passwords").addEventListener("change", async () => {
+        state.allowWeakPasswords = $("settings-allow-weak-passwords").checked;
+        await saveState();
+    });
+
     $("btn-main-add-wallet").addEventListener("click", ctx.showAddWalletView);
 
     $("btn-settings-add-token").addEventListener(

src/shared/persistedState.js

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ const DEFAULT_STATE = {
     // else.
     useBlockscout: false,
     checkRecipientsOnEtherscan: false,
+    // "Allow weak passwords" in Settings. While it is off, AddWallet refuses a
+    // password shorter than 12 characters.
+    allowWeakPasswords: false,
     fraudContracts: [],
     tokenHolderCache: {},
     theme: "system",
@@ -418,6 +421,9 @@ function normalizePersisted(saved) {
     // service.
     out.useBlockscout = saved.useBlockscout === true;
     out.checkRecipientsOnEtherscan = saved.checkRecipientsOnEtherscan === true;
+    // Anything but true is off: the setting lets AddWallet accept a short
+    // password.
+    out.allowWeakPasswords = saved.allowWeakPasswords === true;
     // A list of contract addresses, floored the same way: send.js builds its
     // fraud set as `(state.fraudContracts || []).map((a) => a.toLowerCase())`
     // and filterTransactions() maps the same list through normalizeAddress(),