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tptacek on Jan 24, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Retriever – Securely share secrets over t...

I'm not sure I follow. What is the degree of assurance the cryptographic version of this web page can provide that a UUID and a database can't? Remember, the web page can itself surreptitiously decrypt anything Alice or Bob encrypt or decrypt.

quesera on Jan 24, 2024 [–]

Zero, unless you host it yourself.

Agreed, not practical but a bit more involved (both simpler and more complicated) than a UUID KVS.

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