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Encryption for human-rights workers — a quiet, verifiable tool
Human-rights work is the classic threat model: sensitive documents, unreliable networks, and adversaries with resources. Elba is a single HTML file that seals a folder locally, verifiable in source, and never touches a network.
What it protects
Interview notes, victim testimonies, and case dossiers at rest on a laptop or USB stick. A lost or seized device reveals only sealed bytes.
What it doesn't
Network traffic, device-level malware, or someone forcing you to unlock. Combine Elba with Tor, Tails, or dedicated hardware where the threat requires it.
Questions people actually ask
- Can it be audited by a security team?
- Yes — the entire program is inside the HTML file. Read it, run it in an isolated tab, watch the Network panel.
- Does the vendor keep a backdoor?
- There is nothing to backdoor — no server, no account, no key on our side.
Take the island
Elba is one HTML file. It runs locally in a Chromium browser, seals a folder with AES-256-GCM, never phones home, and becomes open source on 1 January 2030.
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