Your Data, Explained
We can't read your data. Not “won't.” Can't.
Most platforms promise to protect your data. We built an architecture where it's mathematically impossible for us to access it. Here's how.
The simple version
You write something
A message to your volunteer crew. A schedule update in your rec league. A vote on the downtown association budget.
Your device encrypts it
Before anything leaves your phone or laptop, it's scrambled using keys that only you and your intended recipients hold. This happens automatically. You don't have to do anything.
We store the scrambled version
Our servers see meaningless encrypted data. No engineer at Cohoria, no hacker, and no government subpoena can turn it back into readable text. We never had the keys.
Your recipients decrypt it
When someone you've shared with opens the message, their device uses their key to unscramble it. The readable version only ever exists on trusted devices.
What makes this different
How other platforms work
- You type a message and hit send
- It travels to their servers as readable text
- Their employees can access it
- A data breach exposes everything in readable form
Their security depends on who they hire and how well they guard their servers. It's a promise, not a guarantee.
How Cohoria works
- You type a message and hit send
- Your device encrypts it before it leaves
- Our servers store data they cannot decrypt
- A breach yields scrambled bytes, nothing else
- We can't hand over what we can't read
Our security is mathematical. It doesn't depend on trust.
You choose how far to go
Privacy isn't one-size-fits-all. Cohoria offers two tiers so you can pick the right balance of convenience and control.
Standard
The default for everyone. Your data is still encrypted end-to-end, but you have email-based password recovery and one-time recovery codes as a safety net. Strong privacy without the risk of losing access.
Recommended for most members and organizations.
Self-Custody
You hold all the keys. No server backup of any kind. If you lose your keys, your data is gone forever. This is intentional. True sovereignty means true responsibility.
For members who want the strongest possible guarantee that no one else can ever access their data.
Want to see the principles behind these decisions? Read what we commit to.
Your data will still be unreadable in 2056
Cohoria uses hybrid classical and post-quantum algorithms that meet NIST's 2024 post-quantum cryptography standards. That means data encrypted today is protected against both current threats and future quantum computers. Every encrypted record includes a version tag, so algorithms can be upgraded without re-encrypting anything that already exists.
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