A New Era of Secure Communication Has Arrived
The Moment We Stop Accepting Surveillance
Right now, as you read this, your "private" messages are being analyzed, cataloged, and monetized.
Every conversation you have on WhatsApp feeds Meta's advertising empire. Every group chat on Telegram sits on servers that can read every word. Every call you make is metadata-mined for insights about your life, your relationships, your vulnerabilities.
They told you it was encrypted. They told you it was private. They lied.
Not through malice—though make no mistake, the surveillance economy is deliberate—but through the fundamental architecture of centralized communication platforms. When your messages pass through servers that can decrypt them, privacy is a policy decision, not a technical guarantee.
Policy decisions change. Governments issue warrants. Companies get acquired. Economic incentives shift.
Mathematics doesn't.
Today, the Game Changes
Guardyn is not another messaging app. Guardyn is a declaration of digital independence.
We are security engineers, cryptographers, and privacy advocates who got tired of waiting for Big Tech to fix what they profit from keeping broken. We built what we needed: a communication platform where privacy isn't a marketing promise—it's a cryptographic proof.
This Is What We Built
Military-grade end-to-end encryption using Signal Protocol and OpenMLS (the IETF standard for group messaging). Not "trust us" encryption. Not "server-side keys" encryption. Real, peer-reviewed, battle-tested cryptography that makes it mathematically impossible for anyone—including us—to read your conversations.
Post-quantum cryptographic protection with Kyber hybrid key exchange. While other platforms scramble to prepare for quantum computing threats, Guardyn is ready today. Your messages from 2026 will still be secure in 2036 when quantum computers arrive.
Zero metadata collection. We don't know who you talk to, when you talk, or what patterns emerge. We provide routing, not surveillance. Your social graph is yours alone.
Reproducible builds using Nix flakes. Every binary we ship can be independently verified against our source code. No backdoors. No hidden surveillance code. No "trust us, we're different." Just cryptographic proof.
Independent security audits by Cure53, Symbolic Software, and community researchers. We put our code where our claims are. Every vulnerability found makes us stronger. Every audit report is public.
100% open source under Apache 2.0 license. Not "open source clients with closed servers." Not "source available but rights reserved." Truly free software that belongs to humanity, not shareholders.
Why This Matters More Than Ever
The Competition Isn't Competing—It's Compromising
Telegram built a social network with optional encryption. Their "Secret Chats" are E2E encrypted. Their regular chats—the ones everyone actually uses—sit in plaintext on servers in Dubai. Group chats? Voice calls? Video? All readable by server operators.
WhatsApp uses Signal Protocol for encryption, which is excellent. But Meta collects metadata aggressively: who you talk to, when, how often, from where, on what device. They can't read your messages, but they know everything else about your communication patterns. That metadata is gold for advertising algorithms.
Signal is our hero. They pioneered the Double Ratchet algorithm we use. But Signal struggles with scaling, enterprise features, and sustainable funding. Their group encryption uses Sender Keys (2020 technology). Guardyn uses OpenMLS (the 2023 IETF standard RFC 9420 Messaging Layer Security (MLS)/ 2025 RFC 9750 "MLS Architecture") with cryptographic guarantees Signal's architecture can't provide.
Viber shouldn't even be in this conversation.
Guardyn Destroys These Compromises
Every message, voice call, video call, and media file is end-to-end encrypted. Always. No exceptions. No "opt-in encryption" that 95% of users forget to enable.
Group chats up to 1,000 members with the same cryptographic guarantees as 1-on-1 chats. OpenMLS provides forward secrecy and post-compromise security even in massive groups.
Live streaming with E2EE using SFrame encryption. We're the first platform in the world to offer cryptographically secure live broadcasts. Your webinars, podcasts, and town halls can be private, verified, and impossible to intercept.
Enterprise-grade infrastructure built on Rust (memory-safe, no buffer overflows), TiKV (CNCF graduated distributed database), and Kubernetes-native architecture. We scale like WhatsApp but with Signal's security model.
Formal mathematical verification using TLA+ specifications and ProVerif protocol proofs. We don't just believe our system works—we've proven it mathematically.
What You Can Do Today
Current Implementation Status (November 2025):
Guardyn's backend infrastructure is production-ready and operational. Our MVP is deployed and passing all integration tests:
✅ Production-Ready:
- Authentication Service: User registration, login, JWT auth, device management (deployed with 2 replicas)
- Messaging Service: 1-on-1 and group chat with full CRUD operations (deployed with 3 replicas)
- Cryptography: X3DH key exchange, Double Ratchet encryption, OpenMLS group encryption (fully implemented and tested)
- Infrastructure: Kubernetes cluster with TiKV, ScyllaDB, NATS JetStream (operational)
- Testing: 8/8 E2E integration tests passing, performance baseline established
- Observability: Prometheus, Loki, Grafana monitoring stack (deployed)
🚧 In Active Development:
- Mobile Client: Authentication flow complete, messaging UI in progress
- Presence Service: Online/offline status, typing indicators (planned)
- Media Service: File uploads, encryption, thumbnails (planned)
📋 Roadmap:
- Voice/video calls with SFrame E2EE
- Live streaming with end-to-end encryption
- Desktop and web clients
- Public Beta Target: Q2 2026
Our backend services are ready for security audits and developer contributions. The cryptographic implementation is complete and verifiable.
For Developers & Security Researchers
Star our GitHub repository: github.com/guardyn/guardyn
Audit our cryptography: All protocol implementations are open source. Find bugs, earn bounties, make privacy stronger.
Contribute code: We need frontend developers, mobile engineers, DevOps experts, and documentation writers. Privacy is a team sport.
For Privacy Advocates & Future Users
Spread the word: Share this post. Talk about alternatives to surveillance-based communication. Demand better from the platforms you use today.
Prepare to self-host: When we release Community Edition (100% free, fully featured), organizations can deploy Guardyn on their own infrastructure. True data sovereignty.
Join the waitlist for Guardyn Cloud (our managed SaaS launching Q2 2026): Privacy-first hosting with 99.9% uptime, global CDN, and encrypted backups. Free tier with 5GB storage and unlimited messages.
For Enterprises & Organizations
Contact us for early access: If you need HIPAA-compliant telemedicine communication, GDPR-proof employee collaboration, or journalist-grade source protection, let's talk. Enterprise Edition includes LDAP/SAML, admin consoles, audit logs, and HSM integration.
The Privacy Rebellion Starts Now
We are not asking Big Tech for better privacy. We are building it ourselves.
Guardyn is proof that secure communication doesn't require surveillance economics. That end-to-end encryption can scale to millions of users. That open source can deliver enterprise-grade reliability. That privacy can be the default, not the exception.
This is the platform we wished existed. Now it does.
The age of accepting "good enough" privacy is over. The age of cryptographically guaranteed human rights begins today.
Join us.
Learn More
🌐 Website: guardyn.app — See the live MVP countdown and platform features
📖 Full Documentation: github.com/guardyn/guardyn/docs
🔒 Security Architecture: Read our threat model, cryptographic design, and audit reports
💻 Developer Guide: Deploy Guardyn on your local Kubernetes cluster in 60 seconds
📧 Contact: hello@guardyn.app
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Guardyn is built by security engineers who believe privacy is a human right, not a business model. We're hiring developers, cryptographers, and privacy advocates. Join the rebellion.
Current Status: Backend MVP complete (Auth + Messaging + Crypto operational). Mobile client in active development. Public beta launching Q2 2026.
Licensed under Apache 2.0. 100% open source, free forever. No Enterprise Edition, no artificial limitations.
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