filesnare vs email

The attachment had a good run.

Email moves messages well and documents badly. Every attachment you send gets copied into the recipient's inbox, your sent folder, and the archives behind both. You can delete your copy. Theirs stays.

filesnare swaps the attachment for a link. The file sits in encrypted storage, the link dies when you say so, and uploads get scanned before you open them.

Where the file lives

filesnare: One copy, in encrypted storage
Email: Every mailbox, archive, and backup it touched

Taking it back

filesnare: Revoke the link or let it expire
Email: Impossible once you press send

Encryption

filesnare: TLS in transit, encrypted at rest
Email: Depends on every server in the chain

Malware checks

filesnare: Uploads scanned before you download
Email: Whatever each mail provider runs

File size

filesnare: Up to 5 GB per file
Email: Bounces at around 25 MB

Collecting files

filesnare: One link with rules and a deadline
Email: "Did you get my email?"

GDPR position

filesnare: Expiry and deletion built in
Email: A transfer you can't undo

The mailbox is the target

A stolen mailbox used to take an attacker hours to read. Now they point an AI agent at it and pull every attachment in minutes. The cheapest defence is a mailbox with nothing in it worth stealing.

A filesnare link in an old email leads to a file that expired months ago. An attachment in an old email is the file.

When email is fine

A meeting agenda, a photo of the office dog, anything you would happily see forwarded. Email handles those. The moment a document carries an ID number, a salary, or a client's accounts, it deserves a channel with an expiry date.

Take the file out of the email.

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