Mark Trowbridge

"The best way to protect your data is to collect as little of it as possible, encrypt what remains, and make sure nobody else can read it."
What started as an anonymous solution has developed into a core protection first communications solution. Rather than relying on phone numbers, address books, or social profiles, Pigeon Link uses modern cryptographic technologies and privacy-first architecture to protect users at every stage of communication.
You can read more here:
https://gamma.app/docs/How-Pigeo...
If anyone has experience in this field we would love your feedback - what are we missing, what are the traps and pitfalls...

Hey everyone, Elitza here, founder of own.page

A few days ago, own.page reached #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.

As a solo founder competing against products backed by much larger teams, this wasn't something I expected - but it was something I was determined to achieve. There were moments during the launch when I thought it would be incredibly difficult.

But this incredible community showed up.

Hey Product Hunt!

Next Friday, we are officially launching Pigeon Link. Let s clear something up right away: this is NOT just another communication app.
Unlike traditional messengers that force you into a closed app ecosystem, track your metadata, and demand your phone number which has basically become a universal tracking cookie Pigeon Link is a browser-native framework where conversations start instantly, between anyone, anywhere, without barriers.
You click once, get an ephemeral 3-word ID, and you are communicating. No names, no emails, no phone numbers, and absolutely no signups.

Honestly? We didn't actually set out to build a commercial product. The whole thing started as a happy accident.

A close friend needed a completely private, zero-trace way to connect without jumping through the usual corporate tracker traps. So, we rolled up our sleeves and built a custom tool to solve that exact problem.