privnote.com

In my day-to-day work as a web developer, I often need to exchange passwords with a client. These are frequently FTP or SSH passwords, or credentials for the backend of a CMS or hosting provider. In the wrong hands, such passwords could cause significant financial damage.

That’s why it’s important to transfer passwords securely. When you send them by email, there is a risk that an attacker with access to a compromised email account can read them.

To share passwords securely, I use privnote.com. You can create a note, send it via a link, and the generated link can only be opened once before it becomes invalid.

The link can then be emailed together with the username. It’s important to store only the password in the note on privnote.com—not the username.

Hello,

Here are the server credentials:
Username: "myUsername"
Password: available at https://privnote.com/93S6HOnO#m9Dmkp9Dp

Best regards

With this method, no passwords are stored in the email account, and the note becomes invalid after the first use.