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Title: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 08, 2015, 02:08:53 AM
Hi everyone. Inspired by Bitcoin Brainwallets, comes Passphrase.io

http://i1380.photobucket.com/albums/ah186/Devin_Sena/dev_zpsa5htykun.png (http://passphrase.io)

Enter a passphrase, type some text, and click save.

There is a multitude of uses for this website, such as storing sensitive information (passwords, private keys), sending secret messages to friends, or scavenger hunts. It can also be a social experiment to see how people modify the text for simple passphrases.

All data is encrypted in your browser, so plaintext contents of your passphrase or notepad can't be seen.  If you lose your passphrase, there is no recovery process.

For high security, create a long sentence that is difficult to guess and never used in any song, literature, or media.  Short phrases lead to high visibility, and text can be overwritten by anyone who stumbles upon it.

Technical details:  When you click save, your notepad is encrypted by your passphrase using AES256 encryption.  Then a SHA256 hash is run on your passphrase.  The hash and encrypted notepad is then sent to our server for storage.  We have no way of knowing your passphrase, and have no way of decrypting your notepad.  No data is ever stored in your browser, so when you close the website, no trace is left behind.

Let us know what you think!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: ammy009 on July 08, 2015, 12:43:59 PM
Great work........ is it open source ?


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 08, 2015, 02:10:15 PM
Great work........ is it open source ?

Thanks! It's not, but in the future we may make it open source.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: ikydesu on July 08, 2015, 07:56:11 PM
It's has changes hand to you?

BTW if you don't mind, maybe change the a text in second column be a transparant, like in first column. Just my opinion ;D


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 09, 2015, 03:26:22 AM
We were in the the top page of /r/Bitcoin all day yesterday. Check it out! (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/3cg4c2/passphraseio_zero_knowledge_notepad_inspired_by/)

It's has changes hand to you?

BTW if you don't mind, maybe change the a text in second column be a transparant, like in first column. Just my opinion ;D

Yes, I will be continuing development on this project.



Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 10, 2015, 04:05:42 AM
Feel free to leave any suggestions or feature requests here.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: Bitcoin Explorer on July 12, 2015, 11:17:14 AM
You might want to polish the front end and add a few social media buttons so that people might share it, which gives passphrase.io some publicity


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: Xialla on July 12, 2015, 10:08:41 PM
I like the idea generally and congratulation for the deal, I was also interested but decided to leave it. What I really don't like is some google code (analytics, adsense) on the page..

analytics:
Code:
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-64898721-1', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
adsense:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4866156278966549";
google_ad_slot = "7135381319";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
</script

I'm not sure, if is suitable to use such spying services from google on so sensitive page, as this one is...please reconsider other option of collecting data (on server side and HTTP level like Webalizer) and some monetization (except adsense code inside). anyway, good luck with this project, idea is quite cool.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 14, 2015, 04:39:30 AM
I'm not sure, if is suitable to use such spying services from google on so sensitive page, as this one is...please reconsider other option of collecting data (on server side and HTTP level like Webalizer) and some monetization (except adsense code inside). anyway, good luck with this project, idea is quite cool.

I will look for alternatives to Google services in the future.

You might want to polish the front end and add a few social media buttons so that people might share it, which gives passphrase.io some publicity

That's a good thought, thanks!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: Bitcoin Explorer on July 14, 2015, 05:02:21 AM
I'm not sure, if is suitable to use such spying services from google on so sensitive page, as this one is...please reconsider other option of collecting data (on server side and HTTP level like Webalizer) and some monetization (except adsense code inside). anyway, good luck with this project, idea is quite cool.

I will look for alternatives to Google services in the future.

You might want to polish the front end and add a few social media buttons so that people might share it, which gives passphrase.io some publicity

That's a good thought, thanks!
Not problem,
How about some content which  emphasises the importance of the website and privacy?


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 15, 2015, 04:36:12 PM
I'm not sure, if is suitable to use such spying services from google on so sensitive page, as this one is...please reconsider other option of collecting data (on server side and HTTP level like Webalizer) and some monetization (except adsense code inside). anyway, good luck with this project, idea is quite cool.

I will look for alternatives to Google services in the future.

You might want to polish the front end and add a few social media buttons so that people might share it, which gives passphrase.io some publicity

That's a good thought, thanks!
Not problem,
How about some content which  emphasises the importance of the website and privacy?

Definitely, I'm trying to keep the home page as simple as possible. So I may lock passphrases such as "privacy" and "terms" and put emphasis on those things there.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: jdebunt on July 18, 2015, 11:07:03 AM
Interesting project for sure, will try to provide some media coverage in the next few days.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 18, 2015, 01:19:58 PM
Interesting project for sure, will try to provide some media coverage in the next few days.

Sounds great, thank you!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: AhmedAshraf on July 18, 2015, 01:34:58 PM
Great Project ! In fact, We will try sending some marketing love your way whenever we are free !


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: Xialla on July 18, 2015, 01:49:23 PM
guys, please keep in mind my post few lines above:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1113393.msg11863316#msg11863316

site itself is maybe cool and owner reputable, anyway, it contains 2 spying google scripts, which are able to suck almost all information about you just (analytics) by visiting site (broswer, country, age, interests, behavior, bounce rate and combined with adsense (yes, is possible to link those services together) - it is really deadly anti-private combo.

reconsider twice, if is smart to use such service for storing confidential and sensitive data. once owner will finally remove those spying third party features (and publish source code), I'll be ready to recommend it to use and propagate. until this moment, please stay away..


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 18, 2015, 03:41:56 PM
Great Project ! In fact, We will try sending some marketing love your way whenever we are free !

Fantastic, I would love that!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: kenw2 on July 18, 2015, 04:30:32 PM
Hey there devthedev good luck with your new project! Do you have any plans for it?  :)


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: jdebunt on July 20, 2015, 07:29:52 PM
As promised, media coverage:   http://bitcoinist.net/passphrase-io-uses-bitcoin-level-encryption-create-safe-online-notepad-service/


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 20, 2015, 09:37:12 PM
guys, please keep in mind my post few lines above:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1113393.msg11863316#msg11863316

site itself is maybe cool and owner reputable, anyway, it contains 2 spying google scripts, which are able to suck almost all information about you just (analytics) by visiting site (broswer, country, age, interests, behavior, bounce rate and combined with adsense (yes, is possible to link those services together) - it is really deadly anti-private combo.

reconsider twice, if is smart to use such service for storing confidential and sensitive data. once owner will finally remove those spying third party features (and publish source code), I'll be ready to recommend it to use and propagate. until this moment, please stay away..

Google Analytics as well as Adsense have been removed. I have replaced AdSense with a self hosted Piwik platform. Also, if you have Do Not Track enabled this will be honored and visits will not be tracked. No service will be replacing Adsense as I feel Passphrase.io should be solely donation supported. Source code will not be released for the time being, but it may be in the future.

As promised, media coverage:   http://bitcoinist.net/passphrase-io-uses-bitcoin-level-encryption-create-safe-online-notepad-service/

Thank you! I appreciate it very much.

Hey there devthedev good luck with your new project! Do you have any plans for it?  :)

Thanks! We're still brainstorming about the future of the project. We're hoping to make this service the go-to for text storage in the cryptocurrency space.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: jdebunt on July 21, 2015, 02:26:56 PM
Glad you like the article, and pleased to hear a solution to AdSense has been found :)


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on July 21, 2015, 02:35:45 PM
well donate some bitcoins to the dude guys...

this is an awesome project.


keep at it and I'll be sending you 5 000 bits a month.. not a lot but hey if everyone else chipped in some!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on July 21, 2015, 03:45:39 PM
Is there a limit on the amount of charaters per txt file?



Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 21, 2015, 04:10:41 PM
Is there a limit on the amount of charaters per txt file?

~3000 characters.

Glad you like the article, and pleased to hear a solution to AdSense has been found :)

well donate some bitcoins to the dude guys...

this is an awesome project.

keep at it and I'll be sending you 5 000 bits a month.. not a lot but hey if everyone else chipped in some!

Thanks for the support!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: Muhammed Zakir on July 21, 2015, 04:57:29 PM
Cool project! I was using collabedit.com for sending texts but this looks better and fast.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on July 21, 2015, 05:02:58 PM
Cool project! I was using collabedit.com for sending texts but this looks better and fast.

Been using it all morning with a friend instead of work e-mail.. it'ssssssssssssssssss GREAT!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 21, 2015, 07:52:38 PM
You can now follow Passphrase.io on Twitter for updates. @passphrase.io (http://twitter.com/passphraseio)


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on July 21, 2015, 08:01:56 PM
You can now follow Passphrase.io on Twitter for updates. @passphrase.io (http://twitter.com/passphrase.io)

Sweet!  Pretty much everyone I have shown this site loves the thing!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: worth on July 22, 2015, 09:34:04 AM
This is pretty neat.  Do you have any plans to implement this in a decentralized fashion so it doesn't rely on storing the data solely on your servers? 


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on July 22, 2015, 03:02:16 PM
This is pretty neat.  Do you have any plans to implement this in a decentralized fashion so it doesn't rely on storing the data solely on your servers?  

We do, after the launch of Storj.io (http://storj.io/) we may look into somehow storing our DB on top of that platform.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on July 22, 2015, 10:31:21 PM
I think this is going to get a lot more use as like a snapchat / group snapchat kind of thingy.  Passphrase won't have to be super secure if just talking with freinds, delete txt after ppl have read.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on July 23, 2015, 06:20:33 PM
Guys you need to try this webpage out!

 Donated another 5 bits :) :).

It is an AMAZING messaging board that can be kept very very private.  That is how I am using it between two friends and my brother.  I must say a very brilliant idea dev.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on July 27, 2015, 01:19:52 PM
Give it a try ppl it's really neat!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: RGBKey on August 11, 2015, 05:19:40 AM
I really like it, it's sorta like an encrypted pastebin, and I like how you don't have to click every time to change the phrase, it's dynamic.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: kenw2 on August 12, 2015, 01:55:17 AM
I really like it, it's sorta like an encrypted pastebin, and I like how you don't have to click every time to change the phrase, it's dynamic.
The dynamic aspect of it can create cool things, someone made a message that as you type in passphrase.io, the pages have a "^" that moves on each letter.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on August 15, 2015, 01:19:53 AM
Give it a try ppl it's really neat!

I really like it, it's sorta like an encrypted pastebin, and I like how you don't have to click every time to change the phrase, it's dynamic.

I really like it, it's sorta like an encrypted pastebin, and I like how you don't have to click every time to change the phrase, it's dynamic.
The dynamic aspect of it can create cool things, someone made a message that as you type in passphrase.io, the pages have a "^" that moves on each letter.

Thanks guys!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on September 14, 2015, 06:18:22 PM
Bump


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on October 09, 2015, 01:57:21 AM
Is the site okay.. giving warning on my comp.

This site rocks for work comms!! So I hope so..


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: derrend on October 09, 2015, 03:52:17 AM
very cool project, i like all things crypto :)
if you're into this you should also check out my project (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1059474.0) ;D


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on October 13, 2015, 01:54:49 PM
Dev what's the status on this web page?

Need some BTC to keep it going?!?!


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: btc_enigma on October 13, 2015, 02:27:33 PM
Very nice website ! Tinkered around a bit . Liked it. Easy and fast !

Few suggestions:
1. I see common words like bitcoin, satoshi etc... are spammed by users ... seems like people are running bots to use them for advertising
2. I suggest you keep a counter for commonly used passphrase. If a passphrase is too common ... ask person to pay bitcoin to save it


For some passphrase I see 'it's not safe passphrase, find another.' , what tis the algorithm to detect this ?


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on November 02, 2015, 10:26:55 PM
Dev what's the status on this web page?

Need some BTC to keep it going?!?!

Unfortunately I don't have the time to continue developing the project.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: batesresearch on November 08, 2015, 01:37:20 PM
Dev what's the status on this web page?

Need some BTC to keep it going?!?!

Unfortunately I don't have the time to continue developing the project.

Awesome project, is it just time that you need to continue development ?


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: spazzdla on November 09, 2015, 06:05:30 PM
Dev what's the status on this web page?

Need some BTC to keep it going?!?!

Unfortunately I don't have the time to continue developing the project.


awwwwwwwwwww ... :(... 

Is that site going to be wipped out?  I found it quite useful.


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: devthedev on November 11, 2015, 04:32:48 PM
Dev what's the status on this web page?

Need some BTC to keep it going?!?!

Unfortunately I don't have the time to continue developing the project.


awwwwwwwwwww ... :(... 

Is that site going to be wipped out?  I found it quite useful.

I don't have the time or the resources to continue developing or maintaining it. I've listed it for sale here, https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1240832.msg12916466#msg12916466


Title: Re: Passphrase.io - Zero knowledge notepad - Inspired by Bitcoin brainwallets
Post by: Xialla on November 11, 2015, 04:50:12 PM
hihi, bought for ~1BTC (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1104351.0), removed adsense and now selling for 2.5BTC. such businessman:))