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#3
I built a similar tool after Firefox send got killed. It was only for transient messages (e.g. sending secrets to someone else or an other device). I don’t know that I love the idea of these being long-lived, as I’m not sure I trust my password abilities.

Re: Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately

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"Do you think this cannot possibly be secure? Great, prove it. This secret contains the recovery key for a Bitcoin wallet. Crack it and take my money!" Love it.

The first few times I shared this with (security professional) colleagues and friends, they'd dismiss it right away "this can't possibly work", but it was because they _assumed_ it didn't work (too simple).

Attaching a challenge made a big difference, they'd spend 5 minutes trying to crack it and, in the process, realize it is actually sound (despite the simplicity).

Re: Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately

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neat tool. I would encrypt the payload type and extension tho >Some browsers disable window.crypto on local files and non-TLS servers which ones do that?

Brave and Safari that I know of.

i.e. if you run the creator with a simple HTTP server on localhost:8080 it'll block the fetch to localhost:8080/foo

Re: Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately

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"Do you think this cannot possibly be secure? Great, prove it. This secret contains the recovery key for a Bitcoin wallet. Crack it and take my money!" Love it.

Very creative and efficient use of $400 on PR/advertising!

Re: Show HN: Portable Secret – How I store my secrets and communicate privately

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It would be awesome if this could be code-golfed into a small enough package to fit in a QR code.

Do you mind expanding?

Specifically, what do you mean by de-golfed (I'm only vaguely aware of what 'kids' mean by code-golf these days, and I'm kinda lost on de-golfing).

What would you like to fit into a QR code? A PortableSecret (e.g. html file)?

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