Introducing 
Ghost Bla.me
Ghost Bla.me
Hi everyone! I wanted to share something I've been working on for a couple months
As creators, we all know piracy is a real problem - files get leaked, credit gets stolen, and it's frustrating to see your work distributed for free
I couldn't find any good solutions to prevent this (because it's impossible...) but as a software engineer with about 10 years of experience, I built something myself
â—† Idea and Solution â—†
I wanted something simple to protect my work without making life harder for supporters.
For creators: upload your files and add an invisible signature to prove they're yours. Optionally, if someone ever leaks them, you can trace where it came from.
For members: zero friction. No new accounts, no extra steps, nothing to worry about. Just login with Patreon, click download and that's it, if you're not a leaker, then this thing literally doesn't even exists for you, read the Privacy Concerns section for more explanation
It was designed especially to handle VaM files without affecting gameplay
â—† How It Works â—†
Option A: Watermark own files
- Upload your files, get them back with an invisible creator signature to prove ownership (if needed). Distribute files as you usually do.
- Even if someone steals files from inside your
.var, these will still have your unique signature. No user data is involved.Option B: Watermark per unique download
- Same as Option A but your patrons download from Ghost Blame where each file gets its own anonymous tag (an internal ID, not Patreon ID, name, email - ZERO personal data). If it leaks, only the creator can identify the source.
- You decide which Patreon tiers get access to which files.
- You can also block brand new Patreon accounts from accessing your content, helpful since leakers often create throwaway accounts.
I'm happy to explain technical details and I'm open to an audit by any trusted creator.
Willing to show pieces of code and even the production database to trusted creators, everything is encrypted, even if i give you all data in the database you couldn't do anything with it
Feel free to send me a DM if you want a deeper look under the hood.
â—† Privacy Concerns â—†
> I know what you're thinking - "isn't this some kind of tracker or trojan virus?"
Nope, the 'watermark' is basically some gibberish text. Not sending data, no code to execute, it can't do anything on its own and is readable only by the creator who created these.
read the Discussion section
Here's exactly what is and isn't in your files:
- Option A: Only the creator's unique signature. Zero user data.
- Option B: Only an anonymous internal database ID. Not your Patreon ID, name, email, or username - nothing an external party could use to identify you (they can't even read it anyway)
- Encrypted with AES-256-GCM - the gold standard, quantum resistant, with tamper protection.
- Authenticity - impossible to forge or edit. If data is tampered with, it becomes invalid.
- Minimal collection - I don't store who downloads what. I don't even store which tiers or creators you have access to; all of that comes live from Patreon. We don't collect emails.
I won't pretend it's bulletproof - that's... again, impossible. Someone determined enough will find workarounds eventually because it's "mathematically possible", but it's not a trivial task, this is not just a text inside a json file that you can remove with notepad, it's a lot more than that
Transparency matters and again, as a final note If you have any concerns, reach out and I'll show you exactly how it works.
â—† Quick Links â—†
- Platform website (where you can find more about the features)
- Join on Patreon
- Discord:
vuquar
Happy to chat even if you're just curious or have a feature request,
Ask me anything here, DMs or discord
Ask me anything here, DMs or discord
