{"slug": "a-list-of-ephemeral-file-sharing-services", "title": "A List of Ephemeral File Sharing Services", "summary": "The article provides a list of ephemeral file sharing services and recommends encrypting files locally before uploading, even if the service is trusted. It includes a brief tutorial on using OpenSSL to encrypt files with 256-bit AES and decrypt them, along with a reference to an analysis of HTTPS usage on some of these sites.", "body_md": "Contributions welcome.\nIt's a good idea to encrypt your files locally before sending them out, even if you trust the service. Here's a short how-to.\nEncrypt with 256 bit AES:\nopenssl enc -aes-256-cbc -salt -in <infile> -out <outfile>\nDecrypt:\nopenssl enc -aes-256-cbc -d -in <infile> -out <outfile>\nSkip the -in\nand -out\noptions to make openssl use STDIN\nor STDOUT\n.\nSee man enc\nfor information on available ciphers. aes-256-cbc\nand bf\nare\nwhat I generally use.\n- u/86rd9t7ofy8pguh's analyzed the state of https on some of these sites here.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-list-of-ephemeral-file-sharing-services", "canonical_source": "https://gist.github.com/Prajjwal/2226c6a96d1d72abc713e889160a9f81", "published_at": "2017-01-24 12:29:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 23:07:01.430345+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["cybersecurity", "open-source", "developer-tools"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-list-of-ephemeral-file-sharing-services", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-list-of-ephemeral-file-sharing-services.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-list-of-ephemeral-file-sharing-services.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-list-of-ephemeral-file-sharing-services.jsonld"}}