Tag: Privacy

FHE – Running ML on encrypted data

I built a journal app where the server classifies your emotions without ever reading your text. The app already had end-to-end encryption. Every entry gets encrypted on-device before it leaves. The server stores opaque blobs and can’t read anything. But I wanted the app to do more than store text. I wanted it to understand […]

Building an End-to-End Encrypted Journal: My First Steps Toward Privacy-First AI

I have been working on a startup that launched an app focused on better mental health. The goal is not to provide therapy, but to support self-development and reflection. That got me thinking. AI can be genuinely useful for this kind of product. It can help surface patterns, organize thoughts, or enrich journaling with features […]