Privacy by Design

Privacy is more than
just encryption

True privacy means no data exists in the first place — no metadata, no servers, no accounts. Backspace.me is built from the ground up with this philosophy.

100%
end-to-end encrypted
messages by default
P2P
no central servers
no single point of failure
7 Day
auto-expiring messages
nothing stored forever
0
data points stored
about you — ever

Six pillars of Backspace privacy

Every design decision starts with one question: does this data need to exist?

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Decentralized P2P Network

Messages travel directly between peers over a distributed network. No central server stores anything — there's no single point of failure and no central database.

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E2E Encryption by Default

Every message is encrypted with Ed25519 + AES-256-GCM before it leaves your device. Not even relay nodes can read your conversations. Always on, no opt-in required.

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Zero Metadata

No IP logging. No contact lists. No usage patterns. No analytics. Messages are relayed and forgotten — your social graph stays invisible.

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No Identity Required

No phone number. No email. No real name. Your identity is a cryptographic key pair — generated on your device, owned by you alone.

Auto-Expiring Messages

7-day TTL by design. No permanent archives, no cloud backups, no "deleted messages" that can be retrieved. When they're gone, they're gone.

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No Ads, No Tracking

No advertising model. No data monetization. No investors demanding growth metrics. The network is sustained by its users, not by selling behavior data.

How it works

A simple, powerful architecture that puts privacy first at every step.

1

Generate Your Keys

When you open Backspace, a cryptographic key pair is generated on your device. That's your identity — no registration, no personal info, no database entry.

2

Connect Peer-to-Peer

Your device connects to a distributed hash table (Hyperswarm) to discover peers. Messages travel directly between users — no central server in the middle.

3

Encrypt Everything

Every message is encrypted end-to-end with AES-256-GCM before leaving your device. Relay nodes help deliver messages but can never read them.

4

Relay & Forget

Messages pass through the relay network and are forgotten immediately. No logs are kept. No metadata accumulates. Nothing persists on the network.

5

Auto-Expire

All messages carry a 7-day time-to-live. After that, they're gone — from your device and from any relay that temporarily held them. No archives, no traces.

6

Verify Openly

The entire codebase is open source. You don't have to trust a privacy policy — you can read the code, audit the encryption, and verify every claim yourself.

More than just messaging

Privacy doesn't mean sacrificing features. Backspace has everything you'd expect — and more.

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Voice & Video Calls

Encrypted peer-to-peer calls over WebRTC. Push-to-talk, waveform previews, and call history — all without touching a central server.

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Built-in Arcade

Snake, 8-Ball Pool, Whack Em All, Duck Shooter, and more. Play solo or join real-money tournaments with crypto prizes and live leaderboards.

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DJ Rooms

Become the DJ with a full dual-deck mixing engine, effects, EQ, and mic. Listeners hear it all in real-time — no bots, no playlists, real people mixing.

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Self-Custodial Wallet

SOL, TRX, USDT, and USDC — send, receive, and tip anyone in chat. Your keys never leave your device. No extensions, no third-party apps needed.

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Bot Builder

AI-assisted bot creation with ready-to-use templates. Describe what you want, get production-ready code instantly. Moderation, trivia, economy, analytics, and more.

Cryptographic Identity

Mint a unique username on the network. Your identity is cryptographically yours — no email, no phone number, no account to worry about.

Privacy isn't a feature.
It's the architecture.

When no data is collected, there's nothing to leak, nothing to sell, and nothing to hand over. That's not a policy — it's how Backspace.me is built.

Ready to own your conversations?

No registration. No phone number. No tracking. Just encrypted, decentralized messaging — the way it should be.