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Re:Person of Interest on Sunday November 08, 2026 @06:47AM (#50412445)
One of the most interesting details I've found to be are the scenes that show why AI system alignment is difficult
Hi! Am very responsive over email ([email protected]) and GitHub Discussions (https://github.com/CryptexIndustries/vault-web/discussions).

If there's anything you need help with, just let me know - I'll do my best to help in any way I can :)

Not a bad question at all, no worries.

When you save your password on your PC, the password is saved into an encrypted store that is physically on that PC, and to get it to your phone you need to have the application (be it web or native android) open and your vault unlocked so that the two can synchronize.

What I do is to prepare the phone vault by unlocking it and synchronizing right away as I make changes if something is critical.

That is the trade-off when it comes to convenience as compared to something like BitWarden, for example. There the credentials are stored in a centralized database that your PC or phone can reach independently of each other.

EDIT: More details here: https://www.cryptex-vault.com/docs/synchronization

I understand you and I feel the same way. I am currently working with a couple of people that are well-versed in this space so that we can get more eyes, and a proper security audit for the whole codebase in the following year.

You can follow progress here: https://www.cryptex-vault.com/security

Show HN: Cryptex Vault – A password manager designed to outlive its creator

https://www.cryptex-vault.com/

Hello everyone!About four years ago, a password manager I've used and depended on has been acquired and soon after, it was shut down. If anyone remembers MYKI, it was a password manager that stood out at the time. It didn't require an email address and a password for registration and it synchronized credentials peer-to-peer. It was quite handy so a couple of my friends and I got hooked, and...

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Re:Show HN: CryptexVault – Decentralized Password Manager on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @11:07AM (#37223845)
Not at the moment, keeping it simple for now. That being said, I'm very interested in IPFS and the capabilities that can be attained from implementing it. I am very open to ideas, though - feel free to suggest anything you think would be helpful or handy to have!
Hi, the project is not open source yet. I'd like to decouple the application itself from the backend code that handles the Stripe integration, emails and other application irrelevant functionality first - then open source it and get more eyes on the code. Hypothetically, if the whole back-end was open source ATM - you could run it locally or somewhere like on Vercel - with no problems, you'd just need to set the ENV variables for things like Stripe and other services to an empty value.

I'd say that the most important part of the infrastructure is the signaling server (websocket server), and the STUN/TURN server used in WebRTC connection forming.

One interesting fact about the currently running application; the application itself is client-side rendered. If you would download the application bundle that you get when you open the application in your browser, you could use it if you would mock networking requests - this would basically simulate the way it works now when the PWA is offline. With the application being client-side rendered - every user gets the same code.

Forgot to mention; the application itself https://www.cryptex-vault.com/app is a PWA - meaning, android (chrome, firefox) or iOS (Safari) will let you install it and use it as a standalone application.
Hi, yes, I understand - there are no extension or mobile clients available yet. Wanted to see if people would actually be interested in this kind of product before committing to that kind of development. Thank you for the feedback!

Show HN: CryptexVault – Decentralized Password Manager

https://www.cryptex-vault.com/

Hi everyone! We started working on this project last year because a password manager that we used was being sold to another company and stopped offering their service. We were not happy with the alternatives that were available so we decided to give it a shot and build our own.We are now at a point where we have a working Beta and are looking for some feedback from the community.The main idea...

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Re: on Thursday October 13, 2022 @03:54PM (#33195725)
Some might call it a password manager, but different :). A couple of friends and I started working on this and would like some feedback.

Tell me what you think!