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Designer / Engineer. Co-Founder & CTO @skiffprivacy (acquired by @NotionHQ )
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@BenjaminCrew1
around the same time as fukushima too. we could have easily created a mechagodzilla if we were less careful.
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This is where we’re headed. On Skiff, your identity is your keypair, which generalizes really well.
Yes. Web3 addresses will eventually be considered superior to emails or even phone numbers as contact mechanisms. They allow not just messaging, but E2E encrypted messaging, payments, authentication, and more besides.
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Super excited to launch PGP support for Skiff.
This finally realizes the vision of interoperable E2EE across email providers.
Requires no set up, interaction, or technical know-how to use!
Full PGP support in Skiff: Now released
Starting today, use PGP to send end-to-end encrypted emails across providers 🔒
PGP in Skiff is easy to use - automatically create keys, import keys, and resolve keys for external users
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I worked on the prototype of the Vision Pro memory app when I was at
imo the keynote undersold how much it will change computing
If you think the internet has an impact on our lives today, its about to be 100x greater. The question is whether that terrifies or excites you.
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Digging more into
@SecretNetwork
's SNIP-721 spec for private, NFTs on
@cosmos
.
Unlike ERC-721, SNIP-721 gives NFT holders choice over what they share. This opens up really cool purchase-dependent features
E.g. you could unlock hidden links or the full-res NFT only on purchase
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If this decision is upheld, it means Facebook and Instagram will be required to allow users to opt out of targeted ads.
Good.
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Had the most fun building out these cards for the new site.
Everything is built in JSX (no images) so we could have full control in animating them. Helps w/ responsiveness and request size too.
Lots of easter eggs in the effects – try to find them all!
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Recently got an
@AnonsNFT
.
Its minted on the
@SecretNetwork
(based on
@cosmos
). Similar to
@skiffprivacy
, the Secret Network is private by default and only operates on encrypted data.
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Signing in with
@brave
on
@skiffprivacy
's new onboarding flow. Lots of fun new animations coming soon.
Huge shout outs to
@richardyliu
, Sunny Li, and
@rackauckas60
for improving the wallet integration and recovery steps.
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the real flex if you look at the top left corner is that the video is a screen recording
these are all real interactions directly from the app itself
The new Skiff Drive app is a game changer, with instant open times online and offline, + crystal clear thumbnails and file previews 👇
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Quick Aliases
@skiffprivacy
is out! Easiest way to create unlimited aliases – sign up for services without leaking any info. No extension needed.
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We're also adding context-dependent fields like a birthday calendar that updates as you type.
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another small (but meaningful) improvement coming soon to
@skiffprivacy
drive – drag to select
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Just shipped a new UI update
@skiffprivacy
!
Got annoyed with the bubbly-ness of pill-shaped buttons so we we "squared" out some of the edges
Many other subtle improvements as well.
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My family survived and died in the holocaust. I have every reason to be offended by
@kanyewest
's hate speech.
But
@googledrive
crossed the line by digging into people's personal files and removing videos of Kanye.
Owning evidence of hate speech is not the same as promoting it.
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On the internet, end-to-end encryption is the only way to guarantee free speech.
So when governments try to ban e2ee, they’re just trying to ban free speech.
Nothing could be more important to fight for.
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Major update to the
@skiffprivacy
mobile app is out.
Pull to refresh is as satisfying as ever.
h/t Amir
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How to leave Google and take true ownership of all your data in 30 seconds.
1⃣ Join
2⃣ Click import
3⃣ Let the new
@skiffprivacy
import feature to do its magic.
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Appreciate the shoutout
@VitalikButerin
Email backed entirely by your eth public/private key pairs is the goal. No pw needed.
All the tech exists. We just need to standardize this across wallets. E2EE interoperability w/ a far larger ecosystem than PGP
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Skiff Calendar (
@skiffprivacy
) has launched
Huge effort from
@sunnyxrli
@GolaniNoam
@SerfatyGuy
@kalearpeet
@rackauckas60
Ehsan Asdar, Yomna Shaban, Antonio Orsatti, Khadija Hammoud, Amir Angel, Ofir Simhi!!!!
All built in 3 months 📅🚀
Skiff Calendar is OUT 📅
Your calendar holds the history of your life. You should own it.
End-to-end encrypted, fully collaborative, and integrated with Skiff Mail.
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Next level effort from
@trader___jo
, who put so much love, attention, and detail into the design of
@skiffprivacy
's new website ()
🌟Big announcement🌟
Introducing the new website
Access to privacy-first communication and collaboration has never been easier!
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I think
@ProtonPrivacy
really needs to read up on how FISA in the US works compared to IntelSA in Switzerland. They both require authorization. In the US = Attorney General + US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. In Switzerland = the Swiss Federal Administrative Court. Both
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Gmail is completely broken. In the past couple years, its become a heap of marketing outreach/spam.
Now, add advertisements to the list. How can anyone keep track of whats actually important?
We're hard at work on "fixing email"
@skiffprivacy
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We've open sourced our entire crypto library for anyone to use (MIT licensed!)
Not only that, you can search all the documentation and see examples at
Open source update 💻
Skiff crypto is open-source, MIT licensed, and has a new documentation site with code examples
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Privacy isn’t about protecting data. It’s about protecting freedom.
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Thanks for covering our free custom domain launch
@OneJaredNewman
Owning your own domain embodies our guiding principles
@skiffprivacy
: freedom, autonomy, ownership.
Until now they’ve not been guaranteed online.
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The Chinese government was able to access the private emails of top Biden officials on Outlook.
"Hackers obtained access to...digital signing key, which was then used to gain access to customer data"
E2EE = no access to customer data in the first place.
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I don't get why anyone thinks European privacy laws are somehow more protective than the US's.
20 of the 27 EU member states support banning E2EE. We're going to trade real privacy for cookie banners?
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One fun easter egg in
@skiffprivacy
's new site ().
The calendar on the site is an actual, live calendar. It even includes holidays :)
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"Users using incognito mode were being followed by the search and advertising behemoth for measuring web traffic and selling ads."
You can choose between security theater and true privacy on the internet.
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Crazy that Dropbox is sending everyone's data to OpenAI.
Microsoft even banned employees from using ChatGPT (before the press got out) and still cautions against sending "confidential information"
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Lots of startups focus on shipping features as quickly as possible. They get it wrong.
At Skiff we focus on finishing features as quickly as possible.
Here's the difference: you waste less time on “follow-ups” and “debt” and reach more users, more quickly.
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The first mockup of
@skiffprivacy
(then called Nightwatch) was really on one 😳😬
The only constant, we've kept is
@KimKardashian
as the example user :)
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Every employee and contractor had access to every video (nothing encrypted).
So what happened? Employees spied on nearly 100 customers. Hackers comprised 55,000 accounts (spied on 1,000 customers).
The risks of not encrypting data are not hypothetical.
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It seems like you can only opt-out future not existing data.
So do businesses with confidential data in their Dropbox now just have to live with the fact that their data is exposed to OpenAI??
For those wondering who the Third Party
@Dropbox
just gave everyone’s data automatically to, it’s Open AI.
Considering all the lawsuits Open AI has concerning illicit use of ill-gotten data, privacy breaches and data leaks this arrangement inspires 0 confidence.Bad move Dropbox.
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There we go! Fixed this for you
@gmail
😉
Or... you can just try using
@skiffprivacy
, which actually sticks to a design system.
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its surprising how often the difference between 'good' and 'great' is like 30 minutes of extra work.
but i think the reason there aren't many 'great' products is that its so extremely tempting to accept good enough and move on.
choices compound. bare maximum >>> bare minimum
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Antisemitism is prevalent
@Stanford
. When I was a student:
• Swastikas outside my dorm (upside down so admin said not hate symbol)
• 10 freshman trashed a party hosted by jewish students, chanting "fuck the jew house"
• 2 jewish RAs fired from staff because too many "zionists"
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One radical feature of
@skiffprivacy
Skiff Mail – you can now send and receive from your wallet address and ENS.
Skiff Mail is the first truly web3-native mail platform.
Message me ⇶ jasonbud.eth
@skiff
.com
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The point is that we don’t go around touting “US privacy” as some sort of innovation or advantage. It’s not.
But the truth is that “Swiss Privacy” means far less in 2023 than it did in 2012 when Proton was founded. And yet Proton’s external marketing is exactly the same.
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Growing up, my window faced one of
@pentagram
most iconic logos. It was a daily reminder that good design is intentional and endures.
@skiffprivacy
we recently got to collaborate with
@pentagram
on our brand.
It was like getting to play with the Yankees. Here's what I learned:
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It's very unfortunate but not surprising that so many of
@skiffprivacy
's Russian users will be blocked by their gov't from freely communicating on our platform.
A few decades ago my own family escaped the Soviet Bloc via secure comm networks – its no wonder they're seen a threat
Today, we learned that Skiff has been banned in Russia.
There is an urgent need for more privacy-respecting communication tools.
In 7 months since we launched Skiff Mail, we're lucky to count over half a million users 💌
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May have noticed some small tweaks to
@skiffprivacy
's landing page ()
Bigger updates coming soon...
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If you’re curious about where the
@skiffprivacy
logo comes from it’s related to the braids of a knot🪢
Why a knot?
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Why are people on linkedin always saying "so humbled" in self-congratulatory posts?
If you truly want to be humbled try going to the DMV with the wrong paperwork.
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Yesterday, we updated our entire icon set
@skiffprivacy
. A huge effort by
@__joz
,
@OscarDumlao
, and Sunny Li.
To pair with Stabil Grotesk, we've made our icons sharp with occasional roundness for warmth; added open forms where possible; and created space between elements.
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Google can advertise privacy and security.
But their fundamental technical architecture and business model (personalized search ads) is antithetical to letting people own their own data.
On
@skiffprivacy
you're always in command of your secrets, not us.
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This is so dumb. But important to fight.
Not the first time bills like this have popped up. And likely won’t be the last.
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probably something…👀
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A must have for many
We didn't feel like waiting another quarter century for Google to figure that out, so we built the new skiff app to be local-first and work offline
It's amazing that 22 yrs since launching Gmail, Google never manage to figure out offline mode.
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Don't let Google and Facebook turn your personal data into their profit.
It's time to say no to their invasive tracking.
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creepy af – why do they even need access to this data?
Breaking news: The OpenAI drama is real.
We checked our data and last night, SF saw a spike in low-quality sleep. There was a 27% increase in people getting under 5 hours of sleep. We need to fix this.
Source:
@eightsleep
data
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End-to-end encryption is fundamental to communicating just as freely online as we do offline.
For many, it's the only way to communicate freely at all.
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Over 4 billion data records were stolen last year, impacting nearly two-thirds of all americans.
My data is safe and secure, but yours might not be.
See for yourself ➡️ .
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Own your domain. Own your identity. Find freedom online.
Thanks for covering one of
@skiffprivacy
's most powerful features in your latest video
@itscraylor
!
Did you know you can create a FREE custom email and protect your privacy with
@skiffprivacy
? Learn how in my latest video:
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Email has become a mess. My inbox is flooded with persistent, automated emails – "coffee on me", "RE: urgent request," "10x your eng team"
Excited to release Noise Canceling
@skiffprivacy
. Open a list of all those unwanted and silence them with a single click. Save time + GB
Free your inbox with Noise Canceling, now released📫
Noise Canceling identifies noisy senders and makes it easy to silence hundreds in one fell swoop. Save gigabytes of storage focus on what matters.
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don't worry
@gmail
thats a 2024 problem
BREAKING: Gmail down — users unable to send or receive email / experiencing delays
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We've been using
@framer
Motion
@skiffprivacy
.
The animated layouts and motion hooks are a total game changer. Magically transitions between components and its so smooooth.
(Credit to
@sunnyxrli
on the icon animation below)
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Giving a designer 40 min to do an exercise is like asking a chef to prep a meal with only a microwave.
@skiffprivacy
I’ve completely cut design challenges out of our interview process. Here’s how:
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Web 2 was about moving information around. Web 3 is about moving value around.
Data is the most valuable thing on the internet.
You should own yours.
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The
@skiffprivacy
logo can be a pain the ass to work with sometimes😬
The logo relies on negative space to create its 3D effect.
The problem? When you straight up invert it, the logo looks horribly flat.
Our solution? Re-draw the logo to widen inner negative space
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Huge pet peeve of mine is clicking an email link and it opens a compose window.
What if we just copied the email to the clipboard?
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@iamjasonlevin
@Humane
the AI Pin is dystopian too. a camera + microphone mediating every interaction in your life
without end-to-end encryption, nothing to protect your freedom, agency, expression
but im excited and want the tech. its not inherently incompatible long term.
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@RoccoVaccone
@ProtonMail
@skiffprivacy
@TutanotaTeam
You can compare how much each company cares about their customers by the speed with which each company responded to your tweet.
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Not photoshopped. Real screenshot from
@finkd
.
We used to include it in our
@skiffprivacy
employee onboarding docs.
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