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secure vault .exe
File encryption secured by a USB key, not a password
Secure Vault encrypts your files with AES-256-GCM — but instead of protecting the key with a password, it lives on a USB drive you register as your master key. No password to lose, phish, or leak. Plug the drive in to decrypt, unplug it and your files are locked. Free, open-source, built for Windows. One-click installer, encrypted local backups, and optional email alerts on vault activity.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
Maker here. I built Secure Vault because I wanted a way to encrypt
sensitive files without relying on a password as the only line of
defense — passwords get phished, guessed, or leaked, but a physical
USB key can't be stolen remotely.
How it works: register a USB drive as your "master key," and it has
to be physically plugged in to decrypt anything encrypted with it.
The obvious tradeoff — lose that drive with no backup, and there's no
password reset — is intentional, and I've tried to be upfront about
it rather than bury it in fine print.
It's fully open-source if you want to check the crypto implementation
yourself before trusting it with anything real: [GitHub link]
Would love feedback, especially from anyone who wants to poke holes
in the security model — that's more valuable to me than upvotes.
The USB as physical key is a really elegant way to sidestep password fatigue and phishing entirely. Love that the source is open too, makes it way easier to actually trust what's running on my machine.
About secure vault .exe on Product Hunt
“File encryption secured by a USB key, not a password”
secure vault .exe was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #81 on the daily leaderboard. Secure Vault encrypts your files with AES-256-GCM — but instead of protecting the key with a password, it lives on a USB drive you register as your master key. No password to lose, phish, or leak. Plug the drive in to decrypt, unplug it and your files are locked. Free, open-source, built for Windows. One-click installer, encrypted local backups, and optional email alerts on vault activity.
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