Life & fun · November 12, 2019
Instantly pass your passwords securely
Hey HN! I made a service to share passwords easy and secure but never promoted it. It's called instapass.io I noticed that people besides my friends and clients actually started to use, so maybe it will be helpful for you too! You share one-time self-destruct message using one time links and I won't even be able to see what you wrote. How does it work? When you generate a message the client-side makes a random password and use that to encrypt the message. The password is appended as an anchor tag which all modern browsers never send to the server. This way, I don't even know what you shared.…
Instantly pass your passwords securely launched on November 12, 2019 with 31 votes, #705 of 3,203 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Instapass.io is a password-sharing service that creates one-time, self-destructing messages through unique links. Messages are encrypted client-side with a random password appended as a URL anchor, which servers never receive, meaning the service creator cannot see shared content. Designed for simplicity, it requires no complex setup or master passwords, making it accessible to non-technical users who need to securely share sensitive information.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN! I made a service to share passwords easy and secure but never promoted it. It's called instapass.io I noticed that people besides my friends and clients actually started to use, so maybe it will be helpful for you too! You share one-time self-destruct message using one time links and I won't even be able to…
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