[jwally]

I built a site (addictionlocker.com) which is a password manager that makes you donate to charity to get your passwords back.

I built it because everytime I try to lock myself out of twitter, et al, I just unlock whatever I set up because I know the password.

Originally, I was going to take a percentage of the profit; but now want to see all of it go to charity. What sucks is I think its a really solid idea; benefits everyone involved (reduces addictive screen time, gives money to givewell.org) but can't market it to save my life. I don't know if the concept is too esoteric, or everyone is ok with how much time they look at their phone, or my site just isn't good...

Please share if you find success...

[croissants]

I like this idea, but both credit card info and password is a big trust ask for what looks like a fairly random website.

[jwally]

Do you think it would help if it was open sourced?

Credit card info is handled by square who Iframes all user inputs so I can’t see it.

Password to unlock the pw you need a key, nonce, encrypted message. My server only ever sees the nonce and message. The user only ever has all 3. Even the bookmarks you create use hash-bangs which don’t go over the wire.

The hard part for me is conveying all of that without a wall o’text.

Maybe I can reach out to givewell, and get their thoughts. They’d bless it maybe?

[slickdork]

This seems like a great idea for a niche group of people. My initial recommendation is making the time limited option free. Currently the end user has to donate 1 dollar no matter what, right? For every individual password?

[jwally]

Thanks for the feedback!

You're correct; the audience is niche. I felt like this would be perfect for the typical hacker-news reader.

- Its a password manager - Its anonymous (no account to create) - It has a negative outlook on social-media and political news - Its an efficiency "hack" (kills time wasters)

You're correct in that its $1 / password to sign up. The way I'm using it now is I set up time-limits on my iPhone through screen time, then locked myself out of screentime. I've given myself 20 minutes on my phone's browser / day, and can't install apps. This way, I don't have to save a password for twitter, instagram, etc. I can still use them; but after 20 minutes they're blocked.

This cut my usage in half the first week I used it.

If you don't mind, can you elaborate on what you said about "making the time limited option free"?

[O_H_E]

I does seem like a great idea!