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moinism

176 karma · joined April 2, 2013

A guy figuring out how to launch startups. Otherwise, freelance developer and consultant.

@moinism

https://moin.im

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moinism··on Launch HN: Uplift (YC S25) – Voice models for under-served languages
Congrats on the launch! Having support for regional voices is going to open up so many opportunities.
moinism··on Dead Man's Switch
It's a shameless plug, but I have built and use something similar: https://backupdiary.com
moinism··on Show HN: BackupDiary – Information delivered if something happens to you
Here are a few things you can store:

- Important passwords

- Insurance policies

- Anything owed or lent

- Online subscriptions to cancel

- Bills or loans to pay to avoid late fees

- Any information that your business partners would want to know

- Contact information for other important people in your life, such as close friends

- Any accounts or assets that you have and the login information for them

- Special instructions or wishes

moinism··on Show HN: Quetta – A privacy-first web browser with enhanced ad blocker inside
As another Pakistani, I don't understand the need for a protest... Let the names be used.
moinism··on Launch HN: Talc AI (YC S23) – Test Sets for AI
Congrats on the launch! Just tried the demo and it looks impressive. Good luck.

Are you by any chance hiring global-remote, full-stack/front-end devs? Would love to work with you guys.

moinism··on LogoScale – A method for vectorizing small, crappy logos
can you please share one such example or a package in python, node, etc?
moinism··on Show HN: BackupDiary – When you die, your family gets the note
You're right!

I'll fix the privacy policy right away. Thank you for pointing it out.

The note data is encrypted at-rest. The encryption keys are kept separate. Which means even if the whole database gets leaked/hacked, the note details won't be readable.

I plan to pursue SOC 2 certification, to give users peace of mind regarding snooping, etc., if I get some signs of product-market-fit.

moinism··on Show HN: BackupDiary – When you die, your family gets the note
Note is decrypted and sent as plain text PDF file to the recipients.
moinism··on Show HN: BackupDiary – When you die, your family gets the note
That is a good suggestion and doable too.

But if the recipient forgets the password? They won't be able to reset it, in most case either, because the reset link goes to the original email which the recipient may not have access to.

moinism··on Show HN: BackupDiary – When you die, your family gets the note
I'm the solo founder. My name is Moin Uddin. More about me here:

https://moin.im

https://twitter.com/moinism

https://github.com/moinism

The note is stored in the DB after its encrypted. What do you suggest I change to make it more secure?

moinism··on Show HN: BackupDiary – When you die, your family gets the note
That is understandable.

The note is stored encrypted using AES 256-bit keys. The only time it's decrypted without your credentials is when you don't login during the check-in period.

I also want to make it end-to-end encrypted (still looking into it) but that has a UX problem. If the recipients need a key to decrypt it, a new problem of keeping the key safe and not forget about it also appears. And if we keep the key on our server then it also kills the whole point of e2e.

I'd love to know any change I can make to make your more confident in it?

moinism··on Show HN: WeExpire.org – Notes readable only after your death
It does sound risky. But I wanted it to be secure enough so I could (and I am) store my own sensitive info too.

All the information your write in your note is encrypted using 256-bit AES key. Encryption keys and the data itself are stored in different services. So even if the database is leaked/hacked, the information will not be public.

moinism··on Show HN: WeExpire.org – Notes readable only after your death
Sorry for the shameless plug but I also have a similar service: https://backupdiary.com

It works as a "dead man's switch". As long as you sign in at least once a month your note will be stay private. Otherwise, your designated recipients will get it in the email.

moinism··on We Let Machine Learning Design Logos
I'm skeptical of all these companies with "AI" logos. I don't see much intelligence in generated logos.

Why:

1. The logo icon is almost always from a service like The Noun Project. Probably fetched with 'category' of the company user enters. If it's not an icon then the first letter of the company name, why not?

2. The generated logo has the company name in different combinations of fonts, background and foreground colors. A simple algorithm with random value selection can do that. Where's AI in that?

Either AI is not being used at all or not to its full potential at least.

Why don't I see a logo for my product that has an icon like, say Airbnb's "A" or Apple's "Bitten Apple". All I get for my tech product are small mobiles and browser windows.

moinism··on Show HN: Demo chatbot using natural language
Looks cool.

Is it open-source?

You can also use this to create the UI: https://github.com/botui/botui

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