dead-drop vs PhishStats

dead-drop is a minimal, self-hostable API for sharing ephemeral secrets: the client encrypts the payload before it ever reaches the server, so the backend only ever stores ciphertext it cannot read, and each secret can be set to self-destruct after a single view or a time limit. It needs no account or API key — requests are simply rate-limited per IP — and returns plain JSON over a small REST surface. The design mirrors the classic one-time-secret pattern used for sharing passwords or tokens without leaving a permanent copy anywhere.

PhishStats crowdsources and republishes a running feed of phishing URLs, screenshots, and detection metadata, giving anyone a free real-time phishing blocklist to query or download. The REST API — now served from api.phishstats.info after moving off its old port-based endpoint — supports complex filter queries against the phishing database and returns JSON records ready to stream into an existing security stack. Anonymous lookups are capped at 50 requests/day per IP; a free registered key raises that to 150/day, with paid tiers for higher volume.