We sure are living in the age where we’re tracked everywhere we go and everything we do online. It’s a digital age where freedom is not freely available to the citizens of internet. But there are some people like Peter Sunde, who’s working on a new encrypted messaging app, Hemlis, which means Secret in Swedish.
If you’re not aware of who Peter Sunde is, he is the co-founder of the largest torrent website, Pirate Bay. The man is now working on a new app, for iOS and Android, that is completely crowdfunded and will hit the stores soon. The app has received a funding of over 103% within two days, showcasing the importance of encrypted messaging in this age.
Hemlis will encrypt all the messages which are transferred through it, and the encryption happens on both the sides. So it is impossible for the government or the app owners or the ISPs to look at the messages which you send via these systems. Hemlis will be free for download, and would come with limited features for the free users. But people can pay a premium to get additional features like sending images via the app.
The developers have put a neat video explaining the app, which falls in the lines of the iOS 7’s design:
If you’re one of those who would like to get your messages encrypted and not sniffed by anyone in the middle, Helmis would be the place you should head to.