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Ask HN: End-to-end encrypted Google Docs

3 points| coolmints | 3 years ago

Hello HN,

We are building a prototype for a Google docs clone that is end-to-end encrypted. The idea is that we as the service provider does not get to see the content. All other features (like search, live collaboration, grammar suggestions etc.) will work exactly like Google docs.

Our hypothesis is that such a service would be compelling to companies that are concerned that Google may share their data with third parties like advertisers or governments.

We are currently doing market research to validate the demand for such a service. Is anyone here aware of such a need within their organization? If so, would love to pick your brain to help shape our product.

Thank you!

3 comments

yanmaani|3 years ago

Already exists, see <https://cryptpad.fr>. Open-source.

Google's paid alternative does not share your data with advertisers.

coolmints|3 years ago

Thanks, the product looks similar but does not seem like it's targeted towards business customers. This is supported via donations to begin with, so not an enterprise product. Other key things like customer support, sophisticated admin controls around key management, master key access to documents in your domain etc. are missing.

Normille|3 years ago

Cryptopad is buggy as hell. It's not a realistic alternative to <anything> that used for important business docs.