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Privacy is a Public Good.
We teach and develop the technology you need for a safer digital life.
PrivacySafe Bot is our free strong password generator. It's one of the teaching tools we build and host for the public.
Your support matters.
We believe strong privacy and security should be available to everyone. Your donation helps to build tools and educational resources for a safer digital life.
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PrivacySafe Foundation, Inc. - Canadian checks should add a corresponding USA bank to avoid fees.
1204 Main St #769
Branford, CT 06405-3787 USA
Planned giving, a bequest in a will, a corporate match, sponsorships, or grants: Contact donate@privacysafe.net and we will work with you on the details.
Donations are often tax-deductible in the USA. PrivacySafe Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity based in Connecticut, USA. Federal EIN: 41-5237617.
Our projects are free as in freedom.
PrivacySafe Foundation stewards public interest projects. All of them are free to use and the code is Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS).
PrivacySafe Social
privacysafe.social Our growing community connects you with 1,000+ servers & millions of users in the decentralized Mastodon network. Run without advertising, without algorithmic timeline ranking of your timeline, and without AI moderation deciding what you see. Visit PrivacySafe Social
PrivacySafe Search
privacysafe.is Web search without a profile attached to it. Search is one of the most revealing things a person does online, so we run an interface that does not build a dossier out of your queries. Visit PrivacySafe Search
PrivacySafe Bot
privacysafe.bot A free password and passphrase generator that runs in your browser and estimates the keyspace in bits, so learners can see for themselves why length beats cleverness. It doubles as a teaching tool in our lessons. Try PrivacySafe Bot
PrivacySafe App development
privacysafe.app Upstream work on the PrivacySafe applications: the 3NWeb protocols and filesystem, reference implementations, and the documentation and libraries the released software is built from. See the software
Cybersecurity Education
“Take Back Your Bytes” is PrivacySafe Foundation's cybersecurity education campaign for K-12 schools, higher education, and online learning communities.
The campaign provides educational materials, lesson plans, demonstrations, and tools that help learners understand privacy, secure communication, digital identity, cryptography, and responsible technology use.
Standards & Protocols
PrivacySafe Foundation supports open standards and protocol documentation, including the 3NWeb Protocols hosted at IEEE SA Open. These specifications support self-sovereign identity, zero-knowledge design patterns, secure data systems, and interoperable privacy-preserving infrastructure.
Our libraries and reference implementations are Free/Libre and Open Source Software, so anyone can read them, run them, teach from them, and build on them.
What We Do
Our focus is upstream: education, documentation, public-interest tooling, security research, and global collaboration.
K-12 Schools
Age-appropriate lessons and activities that introduce privacy, cybersecurity, digital safety, responsible technology use, and data protection basics.
Higher Education
Educational materials for colleges, universities, and professional programs focused on AI / ML, cryptography, decentralized networks, and blockchain-based systems.
FLOSS Libraries
Reusable Free/Libre and Open Source Software components that support privacy-first development, secure software education, and public learning.
Security
Technical analysis, testing, and documentation that improves trust, resilience, and practical understanding of secure systems.
Interoperability
Public protocols and data formats so people can move between services, federate with others, and avoid being locked into a single vendor.
Community
Our projects are supported by developers, researchers, educators, and security experts around the world. Transparent publishing means our software benefits from continuous testing, review, and analysis.
About PrivacySafe Foundation
PrivacySafe Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity based in Connecticut, USA, with contributors spanning four continents. Our work is upstream and non-commercial: we teach, document, research, and release code.
Sean O'Brien
PresidentCybersecurity researcher at Yale Law School
- sean@privacysafe.net
- 3NWeb
- profdiggity@privacysafe.me
- Social
- @profdiggity@privacysafe.social
- profdiggity
Sheree Ip
Vice PresidentBlockchain educator at Curtin Law School
- sheree@privacysafe.net
- 3NWeb
- missdiorsheree@privacysafe.me
- Social
- @missdiorsheree@privacysafe.social
- sheree-
The software and who sells it
The PrivacySafe applications (encrypted chat, calls, and storage) live at privacysafe.app. PrivacySafe Foundation stewards the upstream work: the 3NWeb protocols, the filesystem, reference implementations, documentation, and the educational material built on top of them.
Selling is a separate job, done by a separate company. Ivy Cyber LLC in the USA is the commercial publisher of PrivacySafe-brand products and services, working with its international partners 3NSoft in Canada and Kuip Limited in the European Union. That split is deliberate: it keeps the nonprofit free to teach, publish, and give things away.
So there are two ways to put money behind this work, and they do different things. A donation funds PrivacySafe Foundation's teaching, research, and public code. Buying a product or a support contract from Ivy Cyber pays for the software you run.
Get in touch
To learn more, volunteer, teach with our materials, or ask about a directed donation, write to us.
- PrivacySafe Foundation, Inc.
1204 Main St #769
Branford, CT 06405-3787, USA
Or just read along
Bits On Tape is our newsletter: a replay of science and technology stories by cyber experts, covering cybersecurity, privacy, Free Software, AI, and digital culture. Written by Sean O'Brien and published separately from PrivacySafe Foundation's own announcements.