After going through two layoffs, I realized I had the same painful problem both times: I lost all my:
- contacts,
- personal messages,
- and important information that were tied to my company email.
None of these were business-related — they were personal, and yet I had no way to recover them once my access was removed.
Because of that, I decided to build a solution (for free) that lets people safely sync their accounts to a platform where messages, attachments, and contacts are backed up.
If they ever lose access to their original account, they can quickly and easily recover everything.
The most interesting feature is that, if you already lost something (by deleting in your end) but some friend of yours sync its account.. you'll recover it back
I’m currently looking for 5 users to test this POC (for freeeeeeee).
Would you be willing to test the platform for me and share your feedback? Specifically:
What you think overall
What worked well (and what didn’t)
What could be improved
Any issues or bugs you find
Your feedback would be incredibly valuable and would directly help me make the product better.
Isn’t my employer going to see me logging in to some random service with my work account? Will the corporate Microsoft identity provider even have you in the allowlist?
Some more product focused “tough questions:”
Is this a problem you think is common?
Example A: I can just connect with everyone I know from work on LinkedIn
Example B: I avoid doing personal business on my work machine so when I am terminated I don’t lose anything
Example C: anything I know I want to keep long term I save in some way that the company can’t keep
Example D: I don’t actually want to engage in Example C because it violates company policy and nothing I do at work is worth getting sued over.
krackers•11m ago
This is almost surely in violation of a bunch of corporate policies... The whole point is that they don't want you having access to anything once access is cut.
ehhthing•8m ago
Good way to get fired and sued.
Giving third parties access to your business emails can't possibly have negative repercussions right!
Cayde-6•2m ago
Contacts might be fine, but I don't know of any company that would allow an employee to sync work email messages and attachments to an unsanctioned third party, let alone retain access after termination.
danvc•49m ago
After going through two layoffs, I realized I had the same painful problem both times: I lost all my: - contacts, - personal messages, - and important information that were tied to my company email.
None of these were business-related — they were personal, and yet I had no way to recover them once my access was removed.
Because of that, I decided to build a solution (for free) that lets people safely sync their accounts to a platform where messages, attachments, and contacts are backed up.
If they ever lose access to their original account, they can quickly and easily recover everything.
The most interesting feature is that, if you already lost something (by deleting in your end) but some friend of yours sync its account.. you'll recover it back
I’m currently looking for 5 users to test this POC (for freeeeeeee).
Would you be willing to test the platform for me and share your feedback? Specifically:
What you think overall What worked well (and what didn’t) What could be improved Any issues or bugs you find Your feedback would be incredibly valuable and would directly help me make the product better.
Thank you so much in advance! https://app.trevally.io
dangus•8m ago
Isn’t my employer going to see me logging in to some random service with my work account? Will the corporate Microsoft identity provider even have you in the allowlist?
Some more product focused “tough questions:”
Is this a problem you think is common?
Example A: I can just connect with everyone I know from work on LinkedIn
Example B: I avoid doing personal business on my work machine so when I am terminated I don’t lose anything
Example C: anything I know I want to keep long term I save in some way that the company can’t keep
Example D: I don’t actually want to engage in Example C because it violates company policy and nothing I do at work is worth getting sued over.