Arpokrat Security Team

Privacy Advocates & Developers

Arpokrat was born from an unprecedented alliance between seasoned developers and privacy lawyers.

We share an unwavering conviction: digital privacy is not a privilege, it is a fundamental right. Together, we merge the power of code and the rigor of the law to build sovereign, open-source solutions that give absolute control back to the users.

The Liability Gap Nobody Closed

The Liability Gap Nobody Closed

In July 2026, a security evaluation produced a result that fits cleanly into no existing liability framework. …

Encrypted Messaging Apps Compared 2026: Encryption Is No Longer Enough

Encrypted Messaging Apps Compared 2026: Encryption Is No Longer Enough

Open WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Messenger, Google Messages. Every one of these apps now displays the same …

SMS 2FA no longer protects anything: what to use instead

SMS 2FA no longer protects anything: what to use instead

On 9 January 2024, the official X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the US financial markets …

SignalTrace: Europe Exports the Surveillance It Will Not Allow Itself

SignalTrace: Europe Exports the Surveillance It Will Not Allow Itself

A grey saloon passes under a motorway gantry at 110 kph. The camera on the mast reads the plate, timestamps …

AI and Legal Privilege: The Third Party You Cannot Sue

AI and Legal Privilege: The Third Party You Cannot Sue

When the FBI seized the devices of Bradley Heppner, a company executive charged with securities fraud, agents …

5G, Location Data and the Law's Targeting Error

5G, Location Data and the Law's Targeting Error

In 2011, Detroit police asked a mobile operator for the cell site records of Timothy Carpenter’s phone. …

Cold wallet: the complete guide, from a scrap of paper to multisig on Qubes OS

Cold wallet: the complete guide, from a scrap of paper to multisig on Qubes OS

In 2023, researchers at Kaspersky took apart a Trezor hardware wallet bought from a respectable-looking online …

Permanent geolocation: how your phone tracks you even when you think you have stopped it

Permanent geolocation: how your phone tracks you even when you think you have stopped it

In 2024, two researchers at the University of Maryland repeatedly queried Apple’s Wi-Fi positioning …