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Re:Show HN: Passbox – Give access to your data only after yo... by luckylion on Thursday October 24, 2019 @10:18AM (#21344894)
> 1 - Even with access to the trusted contact's account a passphrase/access key (specific to the main account and not stored by the service) is required

I understand that your service is encrypting the data before saving it (vs that happening completely on the client and only encrypted data being sent to you), so there's nothing stopping you from logging it to a plain text file (even accidentally). Given that these passwords will likely hold the keys to that person's identity, that's a huge amount of trust that they need to have in you, your technical abilities and future decisions.

Re:Show HN: Passbox – Give access to your data only after yo... by mrdazm on Thursday October 24, 2019 @12:53PM (#21346444)
100% agreed with you here - no denying it - and no different from any service that we use where it's up to our trust that they will do the right thing. That said, I can for sure revisit my encryption strategy.

Overall that's one uphill challenge I've seen emerge as I've chatted with folks about the product: inspiring trust.