Privacy Policy
Anon ยท Last updated October 29, 2026
Anon is a private, invite-only messenger, run by Ryan Ostrom. This page explains what we keep, and what we never see.
Your messages, photos, videos and audio are end-to-end encrypted. They are encrypted on your iPhone and can only be decrypted on the phones of the people in the conversation. We only ever store and relay them encrypted, and we can't read them.
What we keep
- Your account: your phone number, your display name and a one-way hash of your password.
- Your devices: each signed-in phone's name, its public encryption key, and its push notification token from Apple.
- Who you talk to: your contacts and contact requests, and who you've blocked.
- Message metadata: who sent a message to whom and when, its size and type (text, photo, video or audio), reactions, and whether it was delivered and read. The content itself stays encrypted.
- Reports: if you report someone, who you reported and the reason you chose. Reports never include message content.
- Server logs: the IP address and time of requests, kept to run and secure the service.
What stays on your iPhone
Your encryption key is kept in the iPhone Keychain and never leaves the phone. Recent messages are cached on the phone, encrypted, so the app opens quickly. Signing out deletes them.
Who else is involved
Only Apple, to deliver notifications. A notification says only "New message" or "New contact request". It never contains message content. There are no ads, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing is sold or shared with anyone else.
How long it's kept
- Messages are kept until they're unsent (within five minutes of sending), or until the account they belong to is deleted. Clearing a chat hides it on your devices.
- Deleting your account (in the app: Settings, then Delete Account) removes your account, your devices, your contacts and your conversations, including their encrypted media, for everyone in them.
Children
Anon isn't intended for children under 13.
Questions
See Support. If this policy changes, the date above will change too.