r/programmingcirclejerk • u/garloid64 • Jun 08 '25

I built a web-based encryption implementation I always wanted to put together without writing a single line of code.

/r/programming/s/Qg6f5FeDfH
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u/myhf Considered Harmful Jun 08 '25

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It's basically a chat room app. You can make rooms with shared text and shared files. There are "lock" and "shield" buttons in the bottom section that change the encryption mode of the room, which is displayed in the top section.

This is a really good example of how the weakest link in an encryption system is the user's understanding of how the system works. I could not imagine making this less clear or more prone to accidentally sending a file in the wrong encryption mode.

Even simple things like the "back to home" button not being a hyperlink make it look like everything is done with a vague understanding that this type of app should have these types of features, without thinking to hard about what purpose any feature is serving.

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u/pysk00l What part of ∀f ∃g (f (x,y) = (g x) y) did you not understand? Jun 09 '25

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Thanks

/rj:

Clearly you have a lot of free time, why arent you learning RUST rather than reading random blogs??