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crypt.fyi - Secure Secret Sharing with Zero-Knowledge End-to-End Encryption (crypt.fyi)
submitted 4 days ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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From an author:

I wanted to share crypt.fyi - a free, open-source tool I built for securely sharing sensitive data/files. It uses client-side encryption and zero-knowledge architecture.

Key features:

- Zero-knowledge architecture
- End-to-end encryption using AES-256-GCM (actively investigating post-quantum encryption options)
- Self-hostable
- Suite of configurations (password, burn after read, max read count, ip/cidr-allow list, webhooks)
- Strict rate-limiting
- Strict CSP to mitigate supply chain attacks
- Web, cli, and chrome-extension clients
- Fully open source (Github)

The problems I aimed to solve: Many people share sensitive info (passwords, keys, etc.) through email, Slack, or SMS - which often leaves plaintext copies in multiple places. Existing solutions either require accounts, aren't open source, or have security/privacy/ui/ux/feature/config gaps/limitations.

crypt.fyi is built with privacy-first principles:

- No logging of sensitive data
- No analytics or tracking
- Separation of web and api servers
- All encryption/decryption happens client-side using shared cross-platform cryptography primitives from noble cryptography
- TLS encryption for all traffic
- Encrypted data is automatically destroyed after being read with strong guarantees around once-only reads

The entire codebase is open source and available for review. I'd love to get feedback from the privacy community on how to make it even better!

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[โ€“] codectl@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This detracts a bit from the convenience factor in that it requires both sender and receiver to download an app as opposed to having access to a browser. It is however much safer as the client is static and versioned so the privacy guarantees are better.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

In the same way that having a hammer requires a second tool on-hand when I can otherwise just bang the screws into concrete with my adjustable wrench?