The Blink Blog
Security research, architecture deep-dives, and our honest roadmap for privacy-first messaging.
Our honest roadmap: calls, camouflage, and Swiss residency
What's live today versus what's coming — E2EE voice/video, 50+ disguise apps, and Swiss/GDPR data residency.
2026-06-10 · Blink Security
ArchitectureWhy our servers only ever see ciphertext
How Blink stores encrypted payloads in ScyllaDB and client-side-encrypts media to S3 — so a breach reveals nothing readable.
2026-05-28 · Blink Engineering
CryptographyInside Blink's encryption: AES-256-GCM, ECDH P-256, and epoch forward secrecy
A walkthrough of our deterministic dm_v3/group_v3 protocols, HKDF-SHA256 key derivation, and 7-day epoch forward secrecy.
2026-05-12 · Blink Engineering
Device SecurityDefeating keyloggers with a secure in-app keyboard
Our anti-keylogger keyboard disables the system keyboard on iOS, Android, and web — closing a common surveillance gap.
2026-04-24 · Blink Security
Threat ModelDuress defence: reverse-PIN wipe, remote wipe, and space lock
How Blink protects you when a device is seized — including a 4-step factory-clean and a decoy reverse-PIN that wipes on entry.
2026-04-08 · Blink Security
ProductSecure Locker: encrypted files, encrypted filenames
An end-to-end encrypted vault with encrypted filenames, quotas, and trash garbage collection — your files, unreadable to us.
2026-03-19 · Blink Engineering