BuildsSecure file sharing
Parcel
File product
A file product for preview, conversion, expiring links, and access that is narrower than anyone who has the URL.
Selectednotes.docx
Conversion is in progress. A link waits until the preview exists.
What it solves
Sending a file is easy to make careless. Conversion, expiry, and trust in the file itself are the product, and they are easy to hide behind a generic upload box.
Capabilities
- Preview and format conversion with a visible state
- Links that expire
- Access limited to the owner or named recipients
- A hold state for files that need a person
Where it gets hard
- Files are untrusted input
- Conversion has to preserve something the recipient can use
- A link is a permission, and it has to end
- Preview, held, and sealed cannot share one status
In the loop
An agent suggests a conversion path and flags files that should wait for a person.
A person clears a held file before a link is issued.
Studio product example. Not a client case study, and not a claim about results.