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I once made a webpage where HNers drag-dropped their entire iphone backups. It got me thinking. http://markolson.github.io/js-sqlite-map-thing/ http://markols

• crtasm 8y ago
  It decrypts their backup locally? The link to code in the footer just refreshes the page.
  • willvarfar 8y ago
    It parses an unencrypted sqlite db in their backups in client-side javascript. The whole thing is client-side javascript. But... if we'd wanted to be nasty we could have sent everything to servers we controlled. The src link stopped working when gitlab.io arrived I think https://github.com/markolson/js-sqlite-map-thing/ https://github.com/markolson/js-sqlite-map-thing/
• ReverseCold 8y ago
  Whenever there are tools like this I usually just visit the site then unplug my ethernet/disconnect from WiFi. If it's actually client side JS it will work. I'm pretty sure this is safe, but if there's a way to defer sending an HTTP request to after the page being closed...
  • phyzome 8y ago
    If you do it from a private browsing window, maybe that would be fine. Maybe. (Otherwise the page could exfiltrate information via localstorage or something.)
  • willvarfar 8y ago
    You'd just motivate me to use client-side storage if the upload failed. Don't dare come back to the page when online! :)