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Why I created scrt.link

29 pointsby stophecomalmost 4 years ago

6 comments

ALittleLightalmost 4 years ago
I just created and consumed a secret message. It seemed to work. Plus, I didn&#x27;t have to create an account. Easy to use. I also love the name.<p>I noticed in the FAQ you refer to your three secret types as text, redirect, and neogram. In other places you seem to call redirect &quot;link&quot;. Could be a naming consistency fix.<p>Features like delete after N visits or by X date might be useful too.<p>I&#x27;m a little confused about the use case. Maybe I&#x27;m boring, but who would I need to send a scrt.link to? I can think of bad use cases, for example maybe a botnet could propagate messages through this, or share credentials that would change after using or something. I can&#x27;t really think of other use cases though without going a bit unrealistic.<p>I read the FAQ about why I should use it. I&#x27;m not sure it&#x27;s great for credentials because if they aren&#x27;t continually going to be available through the link, the other party will need to copy them.<p>If I&#x27;m doing something with minor security concerns, e.g. sharing the Netflix password, I&#x27;m just going to send it over text or whatever. If it gets compromised I&#x27;ll just reset and change it. If I&#x27;m doing something with significant security concerns, e.g. sharing credential to access a production database at work, then I&#x27;m obviously not going to use this due to trustworthiness concerns.
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raspyberralmost 4 years ago
I quite like these two:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;0bin.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;0bin.net&#x2F;</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zerobin.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;zerobin.net&#x2F;</a>
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cunthorpealmost 4 years ago
I’m always wary of consumer services that specifically target secrecy and encryption. How many of those “lockbox” photo apps are just syphons into the developer’s server?<p>“We’ll encrypt the file, trust us.”<p>This message can only come from an already-trusted party. Mozilla had an identical service to this except it was for files (Firefox Send) and that one I could trust.
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mattowen_ukalmost 4 years ago
If I pasted a scrt.link to a friend over WhatsApp or Messenger, and the little link preview pops up, does that trigger a visit count, resulting in the message already being destroyed before the friend gets to click on it?
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tweetle_beetlealmost 4 years ago
I&#x27;ve used onetimesecret for a long time, so good to see alternatives and I like the sensible pricing structure here. This has me confused though:<p><pre><code> *Secrets* created: 1,179 | viewed: 960 | compromised: 0 </code></pre> Is the number of compromised secrets a joke?
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alphachloridealmost 4 years ago
This website is flagged as malware&#x2F;inappropriate at my institution.
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