Exploring the intersection of technology, design, and ethical engineering in the modern age.
End-to-end encryption protects what you say, not who you say it to. Here's why the social graph is the part of your private life that encryption was never designed to protect.
Can a check-in app be genuinely private? Here's why most safety apps aren't, what "private" actually means in this context, and what we're trying to build instead.
Every safety app makes a bargain with you that it doesn't announce out loud. Here's what it is, why it matters, and what we're doing instead.
There is a gap between what the padlock means and what most of us think it means. Learn how metadata tells the story of your life.
It's not about tracking. It's about the quiet relief of knowing someone's okay.