Worth it Stage 1
Ente stores photos end-to-end encrypted, so the company can’t look at them, and runs features like face search on your device. It is paid for by subscribers, the code is open source and can be self-hosted, and exports are plain files. Stage 1.
- Since
- 2021
- Category
- Storage & photos
The promise
Its first promise, and how much is kept · Scoring
100% kept
“your photos on ente are end-to-end encrypted and only you can access them.”
Why it’s rated 1
The criteria it meets, with sources · Method
- Alignment 2 of 3
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- A1 Paid for without surveillance
- A3 Open and portable
- Lock-in 0 of 4
- None
- Extraction 0 of 7
- None
- Decline 0 of 3
- None
Result An alignment criterion, no lock-in, and at most one extraction criterion, so stage 1.
News signals
Sourced reporting, tagged by strategy