I didn’t want WeTransfer to read my files, so I wrote storage that does not trust itself

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The article introduces share·me, an open-source AGPL encrypted storage and file-sharing service designed to avoid trusting the storage layer with plaintext data. It emphasizes client-side encryption with AES-256-GCM, key derivation, rate limiting, and support for burn-after-reading and time-locked access. The stack uses Rust, Next.js, Traefik, and object storage plus a database backend, and the project is available on GitHub for self-hosted deployment. The piece focuses on the technical design choices that improve privacy and reduce trust in the server side.

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