SecureAppy
Security and privacy
password manager
SHOW HN2020
39points
95comments
#1,225of 3,028 in 2020
Top 41%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
4 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 23 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.42.
Idea: 2 for, 9 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 7 againstDocs: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and landing page
From 1 comment
all the comments here are getting hung up on the encryption. me, personally, i think you did a hell of a job with this. personally i'm not going to be sharing any launch codes…
thrownaway954 on HN
Multi-platform sharing is a plus for couples
From 1 comment
Agree, this is definitely a use case where multi platform is a big plus since the whole idea is to share data.
Zitrax on HN
Objections
Security claims like military grade encryption and 4/6-digit passcodes are weak or misleading
From 4 comments
https://www.secureappy.com/security: > Any data you save in the app is protected by military grade encryption (AES256 + PBKDF2). SecureAppy uses your passcode that only you know…
oefrha on HNThere's nothing wrong with allowing a 4-bit passcode. The problem is that you're claiming "no one, not even SecureAppy can unlock or see your data" which is just not true when…
oefrha on HNJust a note: the phrase "military grade encryption" is so polluted that you probably want to remove it from marketing pages. I'm definitely not alone in thinking of cringey…
zrobotics on HNI closed the browser tab after reading "Militray Grade Encryption".
jedisct1 on HN
Business model and long-term survival unclear
From 2 comments
To the OP: The very first question I’d like to see addressed in an FAQ for a “free” app or service is what the business model is and how the company expects to survive. If I…
newscracker on HNThe app is free. How do you plan to make money from it, so that it can stay in operation? Don't want to suddenly find out all our passwords are gone. Why would we put photos…
draugadrotten on HN
Closed source despite end-to-end encryption claims
From 1 comment
To the OP: The very first question I’d like to see addressed in an FAQ for a “free” app or service is what the business model is and how the company expects to survive. If I…
newscracker on HN
iOS only
From 1 comment
Looks cool, but why is it only available for iOS?
denysvitali on HN
Security page lacks technical detail
From 1 comment
The security page [1] is extremely light on details. For example, sharing information with others usually involves asymmetric encryption (public/private key) such as RSA or…
justin_oaks on HN
Requests
Publish a security white paper
From 2 comments
https://www.secureappy.com/security: > Any data you save in the app is protected by military grade encryption (AES256 + PBKDF2). SecureAppy uses your passcode that only you know…
oefrha on HNHi oefra! Thanks for the feedback. We wanted to provide the same security pattern that iPhone's provide - 4 digit, 6 digit and alphanumeric. This gives the user the power to…
daniel_sushil on HN
Add a FAQ on business model
From 2 comments
To the OP: The very first question I’d like to see addressed in an FAQ for a “free” app or service is what the business model is and how the company expects to survive. If I…
newscracker on HNThanks for explaining. I'd suggest you add some sort of faq or something on your page for people who might be interested in this. I, personally, don't use the apple ecosystem.
pnutjam on HN
Android version
From 1 comment
Looks cool, but why is it only available for iOS?
denysvitali on HN
Web or desktop access
From 1 comment
No web/desktop? So if I'm sitting at my desk I have to manually type the password by copying from my phone screen? I think this is too much to ask of people, especially since we…
llimos on HN
Questions
How does the company make money?
From 2 comments
The app is free. How do you plan to make money from it, so that it can stay in operation? Don't want to suddenly find out all our passwords are gone. Why would we put photos…
draugadrotten on HNTo the OP: The very first question I’d like to see addressed in an FAQ for a “free” app or service is what the business model is and how the company expects to survive. If I…
newscracker on HN
Why is it not open source?
From 1 comment
To the OP: The very first question I’d like to see addressed in an FAQ for a “free” app or service is what the business model is and how the company expects to survive. If I…
newscracker on HN
How does it differ from 1Password?
From 1 comment
How does this compete with 1password? I don't see a competitive diffrentiator.
trysomechai on HN
Alternatives named
1Password
From 2 comments
Hmm. I use 1Password with a vault we both share. Works great.
allengeorge on HNHow does this compete with 1password? I don't see a competitive diffrentiator.
trysomechai on HN
KeePassXC with shared database
From 1 comment
You could also set up KeepassXC with a shared database, synced to a shared Dropbox account. And if you want to spend money, go donate to the KPXC devs.
nerdponx on HN
Bitwarden
From 1 comment
Or something like Bitwarden and have an family org where you put shared credentials.
Spivak on HN
Signal
From 1 comment
It is called signal.org
sitkack on HN