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    I built this machine so I could generate Bitcoin keys that I could trust. Air-gapped and simple to use and understand (mechanical). The Satoshi 9000 demo: https://youtu.be/bJiOia5PoGE The key value proposition of the machine is that it generates analog randomness in the physical world and converts it into digital (1’s and 0’s) randomness. Seamlessly. But it occurs to me that it may have other uses beyond crypto keys for your own use, such as: * Randomized clinical trials. Clinical trials need a high degree of transparency for ethical reasons; also, for legal reasons should it…

    2024

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    Aster Key175

    Anonymized personal financial statements

    2023

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    Hi, creator here. This is a demo of our recent work presented at Oakland (IEEE S&P): https://eprint.iacr.org/2022/368. The server and client code are written in Rust and available here: https://github.com/menonsamir/spiral-rs. The general aim of our work is to show that homomorphic encryption is practical today for real-world applications. The server we use to serve this costs $35/month! A quick overview: the client uses homomorphic encryption to encrypt the article number that they would like to retrieve. The server processes the query and…

    2022 · spiralwiki.com

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    Web3 ID109

    Web3 auth that puts user privacy first, and it’s free

    2022

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    Webacy178

    A safer web3 for everyone

    2022

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    Never worry about crypto seed phrases again

    2022

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    Give AI access to 6754+ APIs with zero credentials exposed

    Feb 2026 · keychains.dev

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    This project has been kicking around in my head since I first heard about the webauthn PRF extension in early 2024. I've slowly chipped away at it since, and finally got things to a shareable state over the summer thanks to a very fun parental leave. Headed back to work tomorrow, so I figure there's no time like the present. tldr: A client-held encryption key derived during passkey authentication encrypts all sensitive user data prior to persistence so that only the user is able to decrypt and reuse that data on their device. This allows short-lived, privacy-preserving age proofs to be…

    19d ago · loginwithone.com

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    Programmable and distributed key management network

    2023

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    Keeping your web3 interactions safe

    2023

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    Manage secrets in your terminal with biometric unlock.

    2022

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    At home, encrypted DNA testing

    2019

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    dCrypt77

    Secure encryption made easy

    2019

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    New layer of personal privacy

    2025

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    Securely store your secrets in GitHub Private Repo

    Feb 2026 · github.com

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    Hey HN, I've been working on Hansel [1] (an encrypted personal data store you can query with agents), and there wasn't a good way to use the modern macOS Data Protection Keychain. Electron's safeStorage [2] uses the legacy file-based keychain, which allows other apps/agents to query it with the `security` CLI. Not great when you have a dozen agents running in the background! The Data Protection Keychain is nice because it limits access via code-signing access groups and lets you set access rules like Touch ID and/or password. 1: https://hansel.so/ 2.…

    19d ago · github.com

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    2024 · webcrypto-private-messages.vercel.app

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    Hello. I made this project as an experiment in using key cryptography for user identity in a client server model, and for some future peer to peer projects that I am working on. I am looking for feedback, please let me know what you think. Also, Merry Christmas to HN! :-)

    2022 · github.com

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    I built SecretMemoryLocker (https://secretmemorylocker.com), a file encryption tool that generates keys dynamically from your answers to personal questions instead of using a static master password. This makes offline brute-force attacks much more difficult. Think of it as a password manager that meets mnemonic seed recovery, but without storing any sensitive keys on disk. Why? I kept losing master passwords and wanted a solution that wasn't tied to a single point of failure. I also wanted to create a "digital legacy" that my family could access only under specific conditions. The…

    2025 · github.com

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    Polygenic scores in browser. Nothing uploaded Nothing stored

    Apr 2026 · privatedna.health

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