Eight Secure Ways to Share Sensitive Information over the Internet

[jzw (Jolin)]

@david19

1Password can be used to store documents too. Many times, if I cannot use iMessage because the recipient doesn’t have an iPhone, I’ll send put the document into 1Password and share it that way.

Yes, this is my preferred way too. You can also use the ‘Notes’ item type to share more freeform formatted info securely. I wrote about this in the original thread:

@jzw

For sharing files with ‘strangers’, I use 1Password’s secure sharing feature. Since you can add documents, arbitrary fields, and notes to 1Password items you can basically share anything. In the past I’ve even created a ‘note’ item and used it to write out (markdown-formatted) instructions/info and attached a file to the note. It’s a nice attractive way to provide a secure document to non-techy people. The secure sharing allows options such as limiting the recipient to a specific email address and time- and view-based limits .

Whenever I share an item like this, I give it a shared tag in 1Password so I can easily review previously shared items and delete any that don’t need to be there anymore.