Privacy
What the app does with your data, what it doesn't, and where you can check.
What we don't do
- No analyticsWe don't collect statistics on how you use the app.
- No adsWe show no ads and use no advertising identifiers.
- No selling dataWe don't sell or share data for marketing.
- No Google on the mapMaps come from our server and the website has no tracking scripts.
What the server sees and what it doesn't
Messages stay between the people in the conversation. The server still needs to know a little to be able to deliver them.
Stays between you
Only people in the conversation can read it
- Message text, replies, edits and reactions
- Photos, videos, voice messages and files
- Location and live location coordinates
- The key backup, locked with your recovery key
The server sees it
Without it messages couldn't be delivered
- Who talks to whom, when, and how big the messages are
- Typing, read and online status
- Names, profile pictures, group names and descriptions
- Your status, like “💻 At work”
- That you're sharing live location and until when, not where you are
Encryption, without the jargon
Picture sending a letter in a locked box. Only the person you're writing to has the key. That's how encrypted chats in PockyAPP work.
You
Locked on your phoneThe message is locked right on your phone, before it leaves.
Server
Has no keyIt delivers the locked box but only sees scrambled characters. Neither it nor we can open it.
Your friend
Unlocked with the keyTheir phone has the key, opens the box and shows the message.
How we do it
Encrypted by default
New chats are end-to-end encrypted. Only you hold the keys.
Notifications as a bell
Google only gets a signal that something arrived. Not the name, chat or text.
Location rounded on your phone
Your phone computes the approximate location, the exact spot never leaves it.
Photos without traces
We strip hidden data from photos and videos, such as where they were taken.
Choices stay on the device
What you share (online status, typing, location precision) is set per device.
Our own servers in the EU
Matrix, maps and push run on our server in the European Union.
Read the details in the privacy policy and on the page Encryption and safety.