Idea for a floating encryption window (requesting HN comments)

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Post by themenace » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 11:12 AM UTC

Idea for a floating encryption window (requesting HN comments)
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Re: Idea for a floating encryption window (requesting HN comments)

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Post by themenace » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 11:19 AM UTC

Original author here. My colleagues and I have been kicking this idea around and we built a proof of concept under Windows. I'd like to hear HN comments. Has this been done before? Would you use it? Is there any chance it could be made to work on sandboxed devices like the iPhone?

Re: Idea for a floating encryption window (requesting HN comments)

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Post by jdwhit2 » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 11:32 AM UTC

themenace wrote: post #2

Original author here. My colleagues and I have been kicking this idea around and we built a proof of concept under Windows. I'd like to hear HN comments. Has this been done before? Would you use it? Is there any chance it could be made to work on sandboxed devices like the iPhone?

I think I'd love to see a demo video in action to really understand what is going on here.

I work with some commodity traders, and they need ways to securely communicate from the trading floor their positions back to the main office. Could you see this being applied in that environment?

Re: Idea for a floating encryption window (requesting HN comments)

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Post by themenace » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 12:13 PM UTC

jdwhit2 wrote: post #3

themenace wrote: post #2

Original author here. My colleagues and I have been kicking this idea around and we built a proof of concept under Windows. I'd like to hear HN comments. Has this been done before? Would you use it? Is there any chance it could be made to work on sandboxed devices like the iPhone?

I think I'd love to see a demo video in action to really understand what is going on here. I work with some commodity traders, and they need ways to securely communicate from the trading floor their positions back to the main office. Could you see this being applied in that environment?

Your use-case would work so long as both sides use general-purpose computers. We've made our app work for Windows, and we believe it can be made to work under Mac OS X and Linux.

There's a big problem getting it to work for sandboxed devices like the iPhone because you can't write an app that reads from or writes into another app's GUI.

I agree with you that short demo video would help explain the operation better. As I haven't done this before, can someone recommend an easy-to-use program that can create a video clip of a Windows/XP app and also supports voice-over?

Re: Idea for a floating encryption window (requesting HN comments)

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Post by themenace » Tue, Jan 24, 2012, 12:16 PM UTC

jdwhit2 wrote: post #3

themenace wrote: post #2

Original author here. My colleagues and I have been kicking this idea around and we built a proof of concept under Windows. I'd like to hear HN comments. Has this been done before? Would you use it? Is there any chance it could be made to work on sandboxed devices like the iPhone?

I think I'd love to see a demo video in action to really understand what is going on here. I work with some commodity traders, and they need ways to securely communicate from the trading floor their positions back to the main office. Could you see this being applied in that environment?

I remember news from a few years ago in which brokers and analysts at some company discovered that a particular way of sending emails on BlackBerrys prevented the messages from being archived on their company server. They were using this method so much that the company sent around a memo asking that employees refrain from doing it. My point is that there is demonstrated desire among employees to escape the corporate email archive.