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I built NopeNotes to be a TRULY private way to send sensitive text. No ads, no invasive tracking cookies. Oh, and I believe it should be fun to use.
A little background: Over the summer, I fell in love with this idea of building a note-sharing app that's truly private AND fun to use, so I built https://nopenotes.com
I know other apps like this that already exist (one rhymes with "Riv Boat") but there's no way they can claim to be privacy-first because they have tons of ads and privacy-abusive data collection tools hooked up to it. Seriously, check the network tab of your dev tools and see how many requests are sent to third-parties 😬.
Here's what I did differently:
1. No account needed. Like literally none... no email signup, no password, nothing. We only use passkeys (which are generated on your device) as a proxy for an "account." Basically, your fingerprint or face is your account.
2. I Swapped Google Analytics for SimpleAnalytics (no fingerprinting, no invasive tracking). I really only care about knowing how many people visit, but beyond that I don't need to know anything.
3. Zero ads and zero ad networks. I was approved for Google Ads but hated how that network (and others like Facebook, Amazon, etc.) aren't able to support a truly private experience. No invasive tracking cookies needed.
Of course there's also the security and encryption side which, honestly, may be a little over-the-top, but again... privacy.
1. Client-side encryption - your message gets encrypted in your browser before hitting our servers. We never see plaintext.
2. Notes delete themselves after being read once or after 7 days. Notes are also FULLY deleted... no soft-deletions or backups.
3. Uses WebAuthn so your device handles auth, not our database.
4. We use AES-256-GCM encryption (bank-grade) with unique keys per note. 5. The unique encryption key is embedded in the URL.
Curious what you think!