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by vishnukvmd 12 days ago
The key is passed in the URL fragment. URL fragments do not leave your browser.

Implementation details here: https://ente.com/blog/building-shareable-links/

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OP's point is, as a consequence of providing "useable security", the secret keys remain "exportable" (in this case, unwrapped in a URL fragment), which is an undesirable trait in some threat models. Let alone web-based cryptography, which in on itself is perilous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39436238