
Although this is highly unlikely, if the recipient tells you that they couldn’t retrieve the link, you know someone intercepted your message, and you can change the password in question. When they click the link, the site shows them the password and immediately deletes the database entry to ensure no one else can ever use that link again.

You enter the password in a Web form, click a Generate button, copy the provided URL, and send the link to the recipient. Here’s how these password-sharing services work.

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