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Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

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Re: Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

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Post by ignoramous »

jckahn wrote: post #30
ls15 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Feel like XY Problem - there's probably a simpler, better solution for a slightly more specific (or even just attempted-to-be-specified-at-all) problem statement. Problem: Share content between two random devices without having to install an app, having to share the content with a third party or having to have a verified (by third party) identity. Or alternatively, what's a quick way to share a file with a random p…

I’m building a serverless, ephemeral, private chat app that you could accomplish this with: https://chitchatter.im/

This is super neat!

Re: Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

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Post by jckahn »

ignoramous wrote: post #41
jckahn wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m building a serverless, ephemeral, private chat app that you could accomplish this with: https://chitchatter.im/

This is super neat!

Thank you! I just wrote up how it works: https://dev.to/jeremyckahn/taking-the-power-back-with-web-me...

Re: Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

#46

Post by mihanentalpo »

upofadown wrote: post #28

The interesting thing here is that an identity is represented by an image ("avatar"). Normally you can't get enough combinations with such a scheme and still produce a distinguishable image. Perhaps those long hex numbers shown in the screenshot also represent identity? Another interesting thing here is that the RSA keys are 1024 bits long. It is fairly unlikely that some entity like the NSA is going to expend a Manh…

Avatar is a representation of first 34 bits of SHA256-hash computed on uid + public key. It's used as simple visual tool to distinguish different keys and/or uids. https://github.com/MihanEntalpo/cryptboard.io/blob/main/web-...

RSA is 1024 because with 2048 on some old devices keys would be generated for minutes, making service unusable (for the first run)

Re: Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

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Post by mihanentalpo »

lostmyacctoops wrote: post #2

Is there a German word for "this person is very intelligent but lacks sensibilities"? A js-based browser app to move files between VMs in (literally any scenario where you've opt-ed into using VMs for isolating)??? The only thing feature here that seems useful, is also unmentioned and basically is an anti-feature -- a server with persistence. so, instead of using the qemu/libvirt/vb/hyperv native way of passing in a…

When you are using VMWare Horizon given to you by contractor, where clipboard and all other data transfer integrations are disabled, no software could be installed, Windows inside VM gets wiped every few days, and your collegues mindlessly used dangerous services like cl1p.net to share data, this is not so stupid to write such a tool :)

Re: Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

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Post by mihanentalpo »

8organicbits wrote: post #21
lostmyacctoops wrote: post #2

Is there a German word for "this person is very intelligent but lacks sensibilities"? A js-based browser app to move files between VMs in (literally any scenario where you've opt-ed into using VMs for isolating)??? The only thing feature here that seems useful, is also unmentioned and basically is an anti-feature -- a server with persistence. so, instead of using the qemu/libvirt/vb/hyperv native way of passing in a…

> To copy and paste text/files into Remote Desktop, such as VMWare Horizon, RDP, and others where clipboard doesn't work or disabled The URL the tool generates is very long. If you can't copy/paste, are you just retyping that URL by hand?

URL could be used if it COULD be used. If you don't have any clipboard, you can use QR-code. 1) Open first instance of app on you PC 2) Open second one in side the VM 3) Open both QR-codes by your smartphone and add keys with enabled checkbox "send all my keys" 4) Profit! You have all your three devices (with smarphone) connected with eachother

Re: Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

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Post by ranger_danger »

irusensei wrote: post #13

I use a local and private Dendrite (Matrix) server to exchange strings between computers through an encrypted chat to myself.

why not just use https://chitchatter.im/ ? matrix is quite intensive for a single user and not very private by default.

Re: Cryptboard.io – Anonymous encrypted web clipboard and chat

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Post by Jamie9912 »

ls15 wrote: post #38
Jamie9912 wrote: post #24

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The website listed on their Github

But this is just the demo, right? People can download the code and host it somewhere else, so why is it relevant?

its kinda sus because russia
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