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I'm not seeing much of a use case tbh, in the sense that I cannot see myself going for something like this.

If it's really sensitive I wouldn't put it on an accessible page and then have to worry about password sharing, server-side security/possible spoofing, etc etc

So if I can share the password securely and/or have it somewhere safe, why don't I use that system for the content itself? because of html formatting, storage, etc? seems like a much easier problem to solve than the threat model of sensitive stuff shared on the web.

I'm trying to imagine concrete situations that I'd go for something like this and I cannot quite think of any. Silo-ing stuff behind a login is so much more versatile. Generally not putting sensitive stuff on the web works so well when you can send essentially anything point-to-point using so many widely used protocols including Signal, LINE or Whatsapp, or a simple email, which you can use to send encrypted 7z files for good measure.



I would not use this for anything. Existing tools are better in every way. It is a cool idea though.




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