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Re:Show HN: Password-Protect My File by michaelt on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @01:30PM (#7348757)
If a user doesn't trust Dropbox, why would they trust passwordprotectmyfile.com?

I know it claims the file doesn't leave your computer, and that might be true right now, but in five minutes if I visit the page the code could have changed. And it would hardly be user-friendly to ask users to check the minified javascript before using it.

Re:Show HN: Password-Protect My File by sobel on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @01:34PM (#7348802)
It's a little clunky, but I do have a process in place for checking that the website matches the code: https://github.com/louissobel/ppmf/blob/master/bin/check_pro...
Re:Show HN: Password-Protect My File by hamburglar on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @11:03PM (#7351789)
If you have to run a local program to verify the code on your web page, why don't you just put the code you are verifying in the local program?