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Germ DM is end-to-end encrypted with Messaging Layer Security and is never connected to your phone number. Our integration with ATProto (Bluesky) is now in beta!
Germ DM is end-to-end encrypted with Messaging Layer Security and is never connected to your phone number. Our integration with ATProto (Bluesky) is now in beta!
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· Jul 30
Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky | TechCrunch
Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.
techcrunch.com
"While the user experience is simple enough, the technology behind it is not."
@techcrunch.com covers Germ DM x ATProto with a deep dive on our beta, co-founders, and plans.
techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/g...
@techcrunch.com covers Germ DM x ATProto with a deep dive on our beta, co-founders, and plans.
techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/g...
Soft conversations. Strong encryption. For your cozy season. 🧣🍲
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Soft conversations. Strong encryption. For your cozy season. 🧣🍲
🙌 Great choices all around! 🗺️
i’m trying to be as @proto-pilled as possible. reviewing movies and tv shows on @popfeed.social, exploring moving my software development operations to @tangled.org, playing @skyrdle.com when i remember, reading blogs on @leaflet.pub, and i’ve been on the @germnetwork.com beta for dms!
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🙌 Great choices all around! 🗺️
What early experiences made privacy and cryptography important to you? 🤔🫣
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What early experiences made privacy and cryptography important to you? 🤔🫣
Why care about cryptography?
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
Web3Privacy Now (@web3privacy.info)
Why Privacy Starts with Consent Not Code @tessa.germnetwork.com, writer turned founder of @germnetwork.com on how she went from teaching at Stanford to building a private messenger that puts consent…
bsky.app
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Why care about cryptography?
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
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Thanks for the invite @germnetwork.com. You can now DM safely! Who’s also using Germ? Let’s DM 💪
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🙌
The days are shorter.
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The days are shorter.
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
Got a Germ link in your bio?
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Got a Germ link in your bio?
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
Happy #WaitlistWednesday to all our new beta testers!
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happy #WaitlistWednesday to all our new beta testers!
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
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who all got into @germnetwork.com dms today? curious to try it with someone
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Welcome! 🙌
Oh hey, I'm in the @germnetwork.com beta now. Finally got a proper Germ DM link in my profile 🥳
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Welcome! 🙌
Tuesdays are Discord day! Join us for our weekly text chat at 1pm PST. Bring questions, bugs, soup recipes--or just a Germ DM link to share.
Join the Germ Network Discord Server!
Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 337 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Tuesdays are Discord day! Join us for our weekly text chat at 1pm PST. Bring questions, bugs, soup recipes--or just a Germ DM link to share.
Our newest beta build just dropped.
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our newest beta build just dropped.
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
2 links for 2 ways to stay in touch.
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Privacy & Protocols Happy Hour · Luma
Join Germ for a winter happy hour to close out our 2025 social calendar! RSVP for the exact location in SF’s Mission District. 📫🍂
Staying in touch is messy,…
luma.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2 links for 2 ways to stay in touch.
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Not everything is for the timeline. Some things are just for two.
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not everything is for the timeline. Some things are just for two.
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
iykyk
There are two very important people that have requested Germie (orange lil mascot for @germnetwork.com) on a toque / beanie for the next hat swag run.
In the mean time, @tessa.germnetwork.com represents in green hat and smiles at breakfast this morning.
In the mean time, @tessa.germnetwork.com represents in green hat and smiles at breakfast this morning.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
iykyk
Chilly weekend ahead?
Stay ready with a puzzle, some movies picked out, and a BFF to Germ DM with. ☃️🧩 📲
Stay ready with a puzzle, some movies picked out, and a BFF to Germ DM with. ☃️🧩 📲
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Chilly weekend ahead?
Stay ready with a puzzle, some movies picked out, and a BFF to Germ DM with. ☃️🧩 📲
Stay ready with a puzzle, some movies picked out, and a BFF to Germ DM with. ☃️🧩 📲
When do you DM the most? Your emoji is your answer.
☕ Morning Catch-ups
👩💻 Workday Coordination
📚 Study Break Sessions
🌙 Netflix and Text
☕ Morning Catch-ups
👩💻 Workday Coordination
📚 Study Break Sessions
🌙 Netflix and Text
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When do you DM the most? Your emoji is your answer.
☕ Morning Catch-ups
👩💻 Workday Coordination
📚 Study Break Sessions
🌙 Netflix and Text
☕ Morning Catch-ups
👩💻 Workday Coordination
📚 Study Break Sessions
🌙 Netflix and Text
We have different ways to stay in touch.
DMs are where we catch up, spill the tea, and organize the day.
Newsletters tell a fuller story. Get ours here:
DMs are where we catch up, spill the tea, and organize the day.
Newsletters tell a fuller story. Get ours here:
Newsletter — Germ Network
Sign up for our newsletter to receive exciting updates from the Germ Network team!
www.germnetwork.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We have different ways to stay in touch.
DMs are where we catch up, spill the tea, and organize the day.
Newsletters tell a fuller story. Get ours here:
DMs are where we catch up, spill the tea, and organize the day.
Newsletters tell a fuller story. Get ours here:
Let’s gather under the heat lamps and talk about the open future of social media.
Bay Area, come hang in SF next week! RSVP for deets ⬇️
Bay Area, come hang in SF next week! RSVP for deets ⬇️
Privacy & Protocols Happy Hour · Luma
Join Germ for a winter happy hour to close out our 2025 social calendar! RSVP for the exact location in SF’s Mission District. 📫🍂 Staying in touch is messy,…
luma.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Let’s gather under the heat lamps and talk about the open future of social media.
Bay Area, come hang in SF next week! RSVP for deets ⬇️
Bay Area, come hang in SF next week! RSVP for deets ⬇️
I've been traveling all over the world, I just want to sit on the couch and Germ DM my friends.
But noooo… I’m Germie, a beloved public figure, I need to post in public!
But noooo… I’m Germie, a beloved public figure, I need to post in public!
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I've been traveling all over the world, I just want to sit on the couch and Germ DM my friends.
But noooo… I’m Germie, a beloved public figure, I need to post in public!
But noooo… I’m Germie, a beloved public figure, I need to post in public!
Happy Veterans' Day from the team.
We're skipping our regular Tuesday Discord today, but you can always drop in and find folks to chat with :)
Catch you next Tuesday at 1pm PST!
discord.gg/qunG6gyh
We're skipping our regular Tuesday Discord today, but you can always drop in and find folks to chat with :)
Catch you next Tuesday at 1pm PST!
discord.gg/qunG6gyh
Join the Germ Network Discord Server!
Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 333 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Happy Veterans' Day from the team.
We're skipping our regular Tuesday Discord today, but you can always drop in and find folks to chat with :)
Catch you next Tuesday at 1pm PST!
discord.gg/qunG6gyh
We're skipping our regular Tuesday Discord today, but you can always drop in and find folks to chat with :)
Catch you next Tuesday at 1pm PST!
discord.gg/qunG6gyh
We're finally all settled back at home. It's been so great getting to spend time with you all over the past few weeks!
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We're finally all settled back at home. It's been so great getting to spend time with you all over the past few weeks!
