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 "notice": "Data from Open Source Everything (https://opensourceeverything.org), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: use it freely, credit the site, link to the page, and share changes under the same license. Listings were drafted with AI assistance and are managed by the r/TrueOpenSource moderators; check a project's own page before relying on a fact.",
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   "name": "Password Pusher",
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   "summary": "Password Pusher is a web app for sending a password, note, file, or link to someone through a one-time link that expires after a set number of views or time. It is for anyone who needs to share sensitive information without using chat or email, and it can be used on the hosted site or run on your own server.",
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   "name": "PrivateBin",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/privatebin/",
   "summary": "PrivateBin is a free online notepad for text, code and files. Each paste is encrypted in the browser, so the server cannot read it, and it can expire, be password-protected or be deleted after one read.",
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   "id": "yopass",
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   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/yopass/",
   "summary": "Yopass is a free web service that lets people send a password or private note through a link that scrambles the content so only the recipient can read it. It is meant for anyone who needs to share sensitive information without putting it in email or chat, and the links can be set to work once or to expire after a set time.",
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   "id": "onetimesecret",
   "name": "OneTimeSecret",
   "page": "https://opensourceeverything.org/p/onetimesecret/",
   "summary": "Onetime Secret is a website and self-hostable tool that creates links to a private message, such as a password, which can be opened only once. It is for anyone who needs to send sensitive information without leaving copies in chats or email.",
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   "setup": "advanced",
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