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privacy
5 posts tagged privacy.
- 6 min read
Manual send by default: how ClipHop handles OTPs, passwords, and sensitive clips
Why ClipHop's default is manual-send — you tap to push each clip — and why content-level password filtering is an honest-to-god lie other clipboard tools tell.
- 6 min read
What your clipboard manager actually sees: a threat model
A plain-language threat model for clipboard managers on Android and macOS. What the OS lets apps read, what a sync tool adds to that, and what the specific attacker classes worth worrying about actually look like.
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How ClipHop encrypts your clipboard: X25519, AES-256-GCM, and Ed25519
A complete walkthrough of ClipHop's cryptographic design — X25519 ECDH per reconnect for session keys, AES-256-GCM for authenticated encryption, Ed25519 long-term identity keys in the Keychain / Keystore, and fingerprint verification against MITM.
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Why we chose Bluetooth LE for clipboard sync (over WiFi, iCloud, and LAN)
The engineering rationale for ClipHop: why Bluetooth LE beats WiFi, iCloud, and LAN-based clipboard-sync tools like KDE Connect — and where BLE's honest trade-offs show up.
- 2 min read
Introducing ClipHop
Why we built a Bluetooth-only, end-to-end encrypted clipboard for Android and Mac — and what you get in v0.1.0.