01 / Blog

Browser encryption notes
Does local encryption upload plaintext

Tool pages answer how to generate a password, run Password Audit, or encrypt a file right now. These notes cover where browser-local encryption runs, whether plaintext leaves the tab by default, and how you can verify that in DevTools. Open and read—no inbox required first.

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02 / Published

Start with this encryption verification note

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Local encryption

How to verify browser-local encryption never sent plaintext

“Local encryption, nothing uploaded” on a page is not proof. Open DevTools Network and search a one-time canary in request lines, bodies, and analytics: plaintext, passphrases, and the key after # should not appear.

03 / What we write

What these notes cover

Long-tail questions: whether online encryption carries plaintext out of the tab, which public weak passwords Password Audit covers, and why the part after # in a Burn-Link does not enter HTTP.

  • Observable limits of browser Web Crypto and AES-256-GCM
  • What a weak-password list can catch—and why it is not a full-web lookup
  • Strip tracking parameters before you send, and which fields rule-based redaction covers
  • Why ciphertext storage and the # fragment key are split

What these notes do not cover

They do not repeat the homepage product definition, and they do not replace each tool’s how-to. Algorithm, access, and what is uploaded follow the current implementation.

  • No tool is written as something you must log in to use
  • No claim that the server can see plaintext, keys, or a password you audit
  • No SLA, no price, and no support inbox
04 / Three things first

You can verify these on the spot before you read

01 / Request

The query string enters HTTP; the hash does not, by default

Query parameters go to the server with the request; the URL # fragment stays in the browser. Burn-Link puts the key after the # in s.html?id={id}#{key}. Open Network and compare the address bar with the request line.

02 / List

A weak-password check is not a full-web lookup

Password Audit scores entropy on this device and checks a built-in public leaked weak-password list. The password is not uploaded. It can catch common weak passwords, but it cannot prove “never seen on the web.”

03 / Ciphertext

The server stores ciphertext only

Password generation, cleaning, and file encrypt/decrypt do not upload plaintext by default. Burn-Link stores already-encrypted content only and burns it after the first successful read; create and read need no account.

[ 05 ] Four kinds of questions

These notes answer four kinds of searches

Each card links to the matching tool. Open and use it so you can verify as you read.

Local encryption

Web Crypto, AES-256-GCM, and how to confirm that plaintext, keys, and files up to 5 GB are not uploaded as business data. Output formats are .lock / .enc.

Open File Encryption Box

Password security

Local entropy and the limits of a public weak-password list. Random mode is 6–128 characters, default 16; shorter than 8 is flagged as weaker. The password you check stays in the browser.

Open Password Audit

Privacy practice

Why strip tracking parameters before you send, and that rule-based redaction covers phone numbers, emails, ID numbers, and similar fields. Links and source text are not uploaded by default; you still decide whether the cleaned result is enough.

Open privacy cleaner

Burn-Link

Ciphertext may be stored temporarily; the decryption key sits in the link’s hash fragment. The read page s.html is public for the recipient and burns after the first open. Create and read have no account.

Open Burn-Link
[ 06 ] FAQ

Common questions about these encryption notes

A tool page answers how to finish one job now—draw a 6–128 character password, clean a link, or encrypt a file up to 5 GB. The blog writes principles and limits: whether plaintext left this tab, what a weak-password list can prove, and why the part after # in a Burn-Link does not enter HTTP. Articles are not rewritten as a how-to for any one tool.
No. FastPwd has no accounts and no vault. The blog and every tool are ready to use; the read page has no login gate either.
Prefer steps you can finish on this device: open DevTools, read Network request lines and bodies, and confirm there is no plaintext, passphrase, or key after #. Password Audit uses a built-in public weak-password list—not a full-web lookup. Articles do not promise an SLA, list a price, or publish a support inbox.
[ 07 ] Use a tool first
Verify first

Generate a password, check a weak one, clean a link, send ciphertext once, or encrypt a file up to 5 GB—all in this browser. Open and use them; you do not have to finish the article first.