About

Last updated 17 October 2026

What it is

BlazingFiles is a file-sharing service that encrypts your files in your browser before they are uploaded. You can use it with an account or without one: a guest upload needs no email address and no sign-up.

Sharing a file produces a link. The part of that link after the # is the decryption key for that one file. Browsers do not transmit that part of a URL, which is the mechanism — not a policy — that keeps the key out of our server logs.

What we can and cannot read

We cannot read your files. They are encrypted before they leave your device, and the keys that would decrypt them do not reach our servers during normal use. What we do hold is listed in the privacy notice: file sizes, timestamps, expiry dates, download counts, and — for account holders — an email address and a password hash.

There is one documented exception, and it only happens when somebody chooses it. If a person holding a link reports that file for abuse, reporting deliberately sends that file's key to our moderation team so the report can be acted on. The report form says so before anything is sent, and Reporting abuse explains exactly what is kept and for how long.

Why it is built this way

Encrypting in the browser means a compromise of our servers does not expose file contents, and it means we cannot be compelled to produce something we do not hold. It also has costs we would rather state than hide: if you lose a guest link, we cannot recover it for you, and if you forget your password without your recovery key, your files cannot be decrypted by anyone, including us.

Contact

We do not publish a contact address yet. Rather than list one nobody monitors, here is what actually works today:

• Reporting a file. Every shared file's page has a Report file button. This is the only channel we can currently act on, and it reaches the moderation queue directly. See Reporting abuse.
• Account email. If you have an account, messages we send you come from a no-reply address, so replying to one will not reach a person.
• Legal and rightsholder requests. A dedicated address for these is not published yet. Reporting abuse is kept up to date and will carry one when it exists.

This section will be replaced with real contact routes before launch. We would rather say it is missing than imply a support channel that does not exist.