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adrianwaj 4 days ago

"One-time access links with no traceable sender" ... so people get anonymous messages while logged-in to this site? How does the sender know about the recipient in the first place? What would I put in my HN profile to get messages on the site? You have people's email addresses... isn't that a problem when saying "no traceable sender?" People will need anonymous email addresses. Why not have pass-phrase logins?

I had this idea (linked in my 3rd most recent comment,) whereby what if I wanted to give someone some crypto via a set of keywords? Maybe you could turn this into some kind of PayPal for crypto.

Perhaps think about a video demo for this site.

Good luck anyway.

chistev 4 days ago | parent [-]

Yea, the email part was a problem I mentioned in the white paper. Problem was I couldn't think of a way to enforce plan limits while making the subscription model work. If usernames, then they could just abuse it by creating new usernames each time. But I understand you. Maybe if you have some suggestions?

So regarding the sender and recipient, let's say I wanted to send you something. A message or a file, but wanted to maintain plausible deniability on if I sent it. I wanted a way of doing this, and the solution I came up with was that the link you receive publicly is not the link you land on to access the message or file. Anyone who lands on the publicly shared link, gets redirected to a new url each time.

But even without the deniability angle, it could be a way of sharing files with one time links. The links work once. And there's password protection, if enabled.

The implementation might not be perfect, but open to ideas, of course.

On, and there's API feature for generating links, and uploading files - for what it might be worth.

adrianwaj 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Well, I've used paste bins before. How about one with an email address input that'll invite whoever is meant to view it?

So instead of sending someone an image in an email, you send them a ClosedLink, they can view it once, and you avoid having to send them the image as an attachment?

Some screenshots would be nice.

chistev 4 days ago | parent [-]

Screenshots are here -

https://www.producthunt.com/products/closedlinks?launch=clos...

Yea, I don't quite like the email idea because it doesn't fit the idea in my head. I want a tool where I can share a ClosedLink with someone without having to ask them their email and getting asked "why" questions. The link should be shareable via any communication channel, and they can be hidden behind passwords so only the intended person can access the link.

Maybe I'm bugging and my implementation/execution is not as perfect as I thought it would be when I started. lol

> Are you expecting a lot of signups? As plan B, maybe aim to get a grant from the Oasis Protocol Foundation - they're all about privacy - and quiz them on what to do next.

Ha! I was hoping to get lots of sign ups, but apparently that has failed. I'd never heard of the Oasis Protocol Foundation, I'll look into it.

Thanks for taking to time to respond. Appreciated.

adrianwaj 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you expecting a lot of signups? As plan B, maybe aim to get a grant from the Oasis Protocol Foundation - they're all about privacy - and quiz them on what to do next.