One way of sharing the password is to tell the other person verbally. But if you want to share passwords over the Internet, certain precautions must be taken to share passwords securely. The secure password best practice is to use a random password generator and not use one password in two or more places. Password Pusher and Heroku can be used to share passwords securely over the Internet. You can customize the expiry time and view count of the shared password. Let us dig further into the details of what these are and how they can be used to share passwords over the internet securely.
Password Pusher
Password Pusher is an online website that lets you share your password through a generated link that can only be viewed for a set number of times, for a set number of days. After that, the link automatically expires, and the password is no longer accessible.
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What you do is visit the website, enter the password that you want to share, set the sliders below to configure the number of views and the number of days before the link expires (whichever comes first), and then click Push it! Note that if you share the password through apps like Microsoft Teams or Skype, set the minimum views to 2. This is because one view is counted when the app adds the preview to the shared link. You shall then be presented with a link that you may share with the person you want to share your password with. They can then access this link to look at the password through any web browser. Once the link has been accessed after the set number of days or more times than permitted, anyone accessing the link will be prompted with the following: Although the method for password sharing is secure, the website might not be. We cannot trust the owner of the website not to store a copy of our passwords. Therefore, we shall be using our own version of Password Pusher, of which we have complete control over, assuring us that our password(s) are indeed protected.
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud-based provider that takes care of the server, and any user can deploy their application(s) there. It is also free to use for miniature applications that do not take up a lot of space. This cloud platform is the perfect infrastructure to host your own version of Password Pusher. Thankfully, the creator of Password Pusher was kind enough to create a template of Password Pusher on Heroku so that we would not have to configure it ourselves. We can configure the settings, deploy the application with complete control, and then enter the password to be shared. The self-deployed website will then provide us with a link against the password, which can be shared with any person, like in the original Password Pusher website.
How to share passwords securely by deploying your own Password Pusher
Now that we have gone through the concept, let us begin deploying our very own Password Pusher and then generate a link. Now you can generate a link for the entered password through the self-deployed Password Pusher, the same as on the original website. The configurations for the link can also be altered from here.
Closing words
It is reasonable to not go through all this hassle and share a password with someone over a messaging app, such as WhatsApp, and then delete the text later. However, you are still taking the risk of uploading your password to a third-party database that is not in your control. Sharing passwords through the combination of Password Pusher and Heroku has made the task much more reliable. Neither would it be exposed to any third-party database, nor would it remain active any longer than you want it to! Editor’s note: Using password managers like Lastpass and 1passwords can also be useful to not only share passwords but synchronize shared passwords across your family members or colleagues.
