Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device and your PC

Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by joosters on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @05:53AM (#9067859)

How secure is the information that I cut and paste? There's a brief mention of SSL on the website, but that doesn't clarify much.

Can the app author read my clippings? Is my data stored on any servers? If so, for how long? How securely is it deleted? Is it stored encrypted? Who has the encryption keys? Who can retrieve or see my data?

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Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by brettf on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @06:06AM (#9067892)

The information is transmitted over SSL. It is not stored on the back-end at all, only relayed via the backend & there is no way for the author to view the text.

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Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by gkoz on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @08:38AM (#9068397)

Is there a specific reason the author can't view the text?

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Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @08:26AM (#9068346)

>there is no way for the author to view the text //

Presumably that is according to the author or is there some third party that has audited the code.

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Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by joosters on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @07:18AM (#9068101)

Thanks for clarifying, and good luck with the app. Data transfer between phones and computers is frustratingly painful right now, so anything that can bridge the gap is welcome.

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Re:Alt-C: A neat little app to copy text between your device... by brettf on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @06:07AM (#9067894)

Just to add, the data you see in the list is stored on the device/PC itself.

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