Pirate Bay Co-Founder Wants to Build an NSA-Proof Messaging App

thinksquad:

Peter Sunde, co-founder of BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay, needs your help to create a private messaging app.

Called Heml.is (Swedish word for “secret"), the app is an elegant messaging app for iOS and Android that uses end-to-end encryption to make sure no third party — governments and ISPs included — can intercept the users’ communication.

“We love the internet, social networks and the power it gives for sharing and social connections. What we don’t love though is that private communication has more or less turned into an open stream for companies and governments to listen into,“ the Heml.is team explains on the app’s official page.