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thesocialcode

2 karma · joined June 4, 2020

Founder of The Social Code Foundation, Co-founder of De Correspondent and The Correspondent, Publisher at This is us Books and co-owner and advisory board member of design agency Momkai

Creator of https://copypaste.me - Frictionless, free and private sharing between devices (using your browser)

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thesocialcode··on Frictionless, free and private sharing between devices
I get that. Will work on making it big and well known then :p Till later, cheers!
thesocialcode··on Frictionless, free and private sharing between devices
Ah yes, I understand now thanks. Will have to think a bit about a proper UX for such a toggle, but I like the suggestion (also the 'receive' hint).

Question: In your earlier comment you mention that it doesn't feel safe to share things like passwords yet. I'm aiming to make the service as trustworthy as possible. For instance, I offer it from within a foundation (so no profit goals, VC money or anything) and I open sourced the code so people can check for themselves what the code is doing and if I'm keeping my word about statements concerning privacy and zero-knowledge etc. Would you have any suggestions for me that can help to build the trust required for a service like this?

p.s. blank line, got it! I'm clearly a newbie here :p

thesocialcode··on Frictionless, free and private sharing between devices
Hi! Thanks for your comments. The QR and manual code refresh automatically every two minutes. I'm however not showing that near the QR because UX wise that didn't make sense, since you only have to scan it so for most users there not really a need to know how long it's still valid. The invite-code (the hash) expires in 5 minutes I'm refreshing it every two minutes. I agree by the way on '4.9' looking a bit weird. Will fix that soon! FYI - For security purpose, I'm considering two devices a 'pair' which only allows two devices to connect to each other. If someone somehow does manage to connect a third device, all screen immediately drop their connection and turn red to notify the user(s) of a possible breach. No data it transferred from that point on. Furthermore, the tokens are there to connect the two devices (usually it's two of your own devices or you device and that of a friend, colleague or relative to know is on the other side). After connection the devices exchange public keys and the data is encrypted and transferred solely between those two devices. QUESTION: I don't fully understand what you mean by 'I expected to get the plain URL and the URL with the hash in the same tab'. Do you mean when clicking on the link '/connect' in the interface it should open in the same tab? (if so: I agree as well, and will correct that. Was a leftover from development)
thesocialcode··on Frictionless, free and private sharing between devices
CopyPaste.me helps you when you need to send a password, text snippet or file from one phone, laptop or tablet to another device. No more painstakingly typing in your password character by character, sending yourself pieces of text via email or having to look for a USB stick. As long as you have a browser, you are ready to start sharing data between devices.