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How to share passwords and API keys without getting burned
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How to share passwords and API keys without getting burned

via Dev.to WebdevЛорена1mo ago

! We've all done it. Sent a password over Telegram. Emailed an API key. Dropped credentials in Slack "just this once." The problem? That message sits there. Forever. In plaintext. One breach, one nosy admin, one leaked export — and it's out. Why common tools fail Most "secure sharing" tools encrypt data in transit (HTTPS), but store it on the server in a way the server can read. So you're trusting the server operator. Always. That's fine — until it isn't. Like when 135K OpenClaw instances leaked chat histories in plaintext last month. The only safe model: client-side encryption The key idea: encrypt before the data leaves your browser. The server receives only an encrypted blob it can't decode. The decryption key lives only in the URL fragment — the part after #. Browsers never send the fragment to the server. So even if the server is fully compromised, there's nothing useful to steal. How I use this in practice I built CreateSecureLink.com exactly for this workflow: Paste your secret

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