ClipShare moves text and photos between your own devices. Everything is locked on your device before it is sent, and unlocked only after it arrives on another one of your devices. The server in the middle stores scrambled data that it cannot read.
Think of a lockbox with two identical keys. When you pair a second device, it gets a copy of the same key. Everything you send is locked before it leaves, and only a device holding that key can open it.
The key is created in your browser and never sent to the server. When you pair
a device, the key travels inside the part of the link after the #
symbol, which web browsers never transmit to a server.
There is no password reset and no recovery, because there is nothing on the server that could unlock them. This is the trade for real privacy. ClipShare is built for passing things between your devices right now, not for storage.
Cannot see: your text, your photos, or file names. All encrypted.
Can see: how big each clip is, when it was sent, whether it was text or an image, and which of your devices sent it. Hiding that too would cost a lot of bandwidth for very little benefit, so ClipShare does not pretend otherwise.
Rooms that go unused for 30 days are deleted entirely.
A pairing link contains your encryption key. Anyone who opens it within its two-minute window can join and read that ClipShare. Send it directly to your own device; do not post it anywhere public.
There is no sign-up, no email, and no password. This is a free tool provided as is, with no promise of uptime and no warranty. Do not use it as your only copy of anything that matters.
ClipShare was built by Joe Glines. I spend most of my time at the-Automator.com, where I teach people to automate the boring parts of using a computer. The motto there is "Work Smarter, Not Harder!", and this little tool is very much in that spirit: I got tired of emailing links to myself.
ClipShare is free, and there is nothing to buy here. If it saves you a bit of hassle, that is the whole point.