VaporVault — I Guess It’s Launching?

3:55 a.m.

So… apparently I built a product. Not on purpose — it just kind of… happened.

What started as a tweak to Firefly’s little built-in notepad turned into a full-blown, stand-alone thing. And now, somehow, it’s 4 a.m. and I’m sitting here with half a dozen of these little units printed, flashed, and basically ready to ship.

What It Is

VaporVault is a tiny, Wi-Fi-based password vault. No apps. No cloud. No syncing. It’s basically that “passwords.txt” file everyone has — except it’s not on your computer, not online, and not a honeypot waiting to get scraped.

When it’s powered on, it creates its own secure Wi-Fi network. You connect, type in your password (and optional PIN), grab what you need, and disconnect. When it’s off, it’s gone — completely invisible.

Why It Exists

Because we all know that person — maybe it’s you — with the Word doc called Passwords-2021-FINAL-use-this-one-for-real.docx The one with scratched-out Wi-Fi passwords, old logins, and random notes that make sense to no one, not even you.

This fixes that. It’s cheap, simple, and small enough to toss in a drawer or bag.If you lose it, yeah — the data’s gone, but the device is easily replaced. Honestly, get two. Clone your info between them. (That’s probably the next feature — some kind of safe clone or QR-based transfer. We’ll see.)

Two Flavors Coming

Right now, I’m finishing two versions:

• Plug-In Model: powered by whatever you connect it to — wall block, power bank, even the bottom of your phone’s USB-C port.

• Battery Model: rechargeable and fully portable. Turn it on in your pocket, connect from your phone, done.

Why I Love It

I’ve built a lot of weird little gadgets, but this one feels like me. Security, privacy, utility — all tucked inside something that doesn’t look like it does anything important. It’s the kind of thing you could hand to a hacker, and they’d have to work hard just to figure out how to start attacking it.

You plug it into a computer and… nothing. It’s not a drive. It’s not readable. It’s compiled code sitting on a chip that serves encrypted data through a local portal. Could someone get the info off it? Maybe, with serious skills and lab gear. Will anyone even realize what it is? Highly doubtful.

To everyone else, it’s a useless little puck. To you, it’s your vault.

Anyway…

I wasn’t planning on launching this tonight — or at all, really — but here we are. The first batch will be ready by the end of the weekend. Firmware’s up in the Firmware section on the site. Units come pre-loaded, and firmware updates don’t erase your data.

It’s simple. It’s stealthy. It works.And apparently… it’s shipping.

See you after I get some sleep.

— Rich