A couple of months ago we launched an MVP for Sisper - a way to easily send encrypted messages just using a browser. 

It started off as a way for me to mess about with encryption (I studied some at Uni and loved it), and it turned into an actual product that could be very useful to some people. 

A couple of LeanMinded projects then took over, and Sisper sat at the back of mind as feedback trickled home in dribs and drabs. I had even spoken to a couple of dating sites to see if they would be interested in using a system like this, but that went nowhere. 

The feedback was positive, but not positive enough that we could afford to go forward and start building a product. I’d rather it had failed outright, hovering in the middle sucks serious ass. 

Stop! Thief!

Then, today, I discovered Cryptico.js. It’s an open-source javascript implementation of RSA encryption, so you can send and receive messages using your browser. It’s the same idea that underpinned Sisper, and you might think I was annoyed to see that? 

Nope. As you can guess from the title, I actually felt rather happy. 

Now obviously, he didn’t actually steal my idea; Anyone can have a thought, and mine certainly wasn’t original (redoing RSA in the browser? C’mon ). The author of Cryptico has done a great job and provided a cool bit of kit to the open source world. Now, anyone can wrap this up in a simple web app and create a working version of Sisper in an afternoon. Please do! 

While, yes, there might still be a market for a service like this, today was the day that Sisper died. One less thing to think about. Loop closed. Move along old chap. 

I’d rather spend my time on the next idea. :)