Is it anonymous or not? You mention "you reserve the right to engage law enforcement". How does that work if its anonymous? Are you storing IPs or not?
@dbl Yes it totally is, we don’t have your email address nor identity. However, it is necessary for our system and the security of everyone to maintain a link between the leaks you create and your IP address. This IP address will never be communicated except in the very rare occasion of legal matters.
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@ldesserrey The terms and conditions say otherwise. I always think it's a good idea for founders to actually read what their lawyers wrote (or that they copied from another service) to understand exactly what they're agreeing to.
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@ldesserrey for example, you say you have the right "to publish your name in connection with your Submission" - obviously you don't have the name, but this suggests whoever wrote this didn't understand the service.
@arrington Thanks Michael. We wanted to ship Leak quickly to see if people would like this kind of service. Sounds like they do. That's why we're going to dig our terms :)
Thank you for your post @clarklab, seems that we've been a bit clumsy!!
The truth is that my friend Seb and I got inspired by some of the best leaks exchanged so far.
We decided to send them to people we like/journalists thinking that it was funnier to live the Leak experience than receiving a regular press release.
FYI, Leak is just a 48hours-made project between 2 friends.
@ldesserrey awesome! No judgement on this end, it actually seemed like a pretty clever little hack.
Any results worth sharing? Did it score any decent press?
Founder here. Sounds like my friends are getting pretty excited about this “app” we built over the last weekend with my friend Seb.
A deadly simple web app that lets you say what you don’t dare say to someone by sending an anonymous email. It is called Leak.
There is no signup, so it will take you only a couple of sec to send your first leak. You’ll see there is an addicting feeling of freedom when you post a leak.
@eriktorenberg Glad you like leaking :p
1. We’re talking about something we launched among friends about a week ago. So I can tell you what my friends are sending. It’s about dating, dirty secrets, apologies, and confessions ;) Really positive and exciting for the moment. You can subscribe to our newsletter on justleak.it to receive the best leaks of the week every monday in your inbox.
2. It’s a side project that we started a week ago. We have a vision but it’s not about monetization yet. Would you have any advices?
@ldesserrey About this: "You can subscribe to our newsletter on justleak.it to receive the best leaks of the week every monday in your inbox. " -- why do you need to store the messages at all once they are sent? How long do you keep them?
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1. The leaks are kept anonymous (no sender email address).
2. However, the leak + IP are stored for 6 months in case of reprehensible abuse by law (harassment, threats, pedophilia...)
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@ldesserrey What safety mechanisms are in place for this app. A few of the examples on the homepage imo were a bit inappropriate. I get that it's supposed to be lighthearted and fun but it looks like it could foster a lot of negative and uncomfortable interactions for the recipient. I see that you can report negative/poor behaviors but can people opt out of Leak (ie. block Leak e-mails)? Also why did you choose not to have people create a login? I feel like that's a missed accountability buffer.
@kwdinc Hi Kevin! Yeah, obviously we thought about replying to a leak ;) But we don't know if the product is cooler with or without the 'Reply' feature yet. It's funny that you mentioned these because I actually contacted them just before starting developing Leak with Seb on last Friday. I should write a blog post about all of this :)
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@ldesserrey Would love to read that post :) .Post it here once you publish it!
Hi @ldesserrey! I love the simplicity of this, but I'd be interested to know how many negative emails you're seeing being sent through Leak. People obviously become a lot more ballsy when accountability is removed, so I'd imagine at least a few people would see this as a great way of being unpleasant to those that they don't like. Have you had any complaints from recipients of Leaks yet?
@riaface Hi Ria! So glad you like it :) As I was saying to @eriktorenberg "we launched among friends about a week ago. So I can only tell you what my friends are sending and it’s about dating, dirty secrets, apologies, and confessions ;) Really positive and exciting for the moment." It's sure that people can send negative leaks, but that is really not what the product is about. It's more about solving conflicts and saying positive things you're ashamed to say :) And if it's getting negative you can block emails from Leak. You can take a look at http://justleak.it/about & http://justleak.it/dosanddonts
Nice idea. I'm not sure if I like the "Already sent leaks" section so much, it kind of holds me back from sending one because it could appear there, along with the fact that you guys who are running it can read them. Have you thought about some sort of encryption?
@jsngr Actually this section is a selection we made from what our friends sent since we "launched" among our friends last week. It's not a feed. No worries your leak won't appear here. We have access to the leaks, but we don't know who send them, that's the point :)
@burtherman We spent very little time on the terms of service. We took inspiration from websites that was offering similar services and decided to keep only what seemed to make sens to us. We'll go deeper for the next step.
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