• As of October 1, 2024, the author stepped away from being VP of Technology at Matter and can no longer vouch for the app's privacy.
• The author worked at [Faculty] and later became VP of Technology at Matter over the past two-ish years.
• They discussed building an app around allowing users to log memories to improve happiness, with actual science proving it can work.
• When considering storing private photos and ratings, a conversation led to focusing on user privacy as a core value.
• Set core principles like building trust, protecting from mistakes, and being resilient to future controlling powers.
• Had unusual conversations about building a datacentre vs using an existing host.
• Decided to never have users' private data by setting up metrics systems to refuse to collect personal data and storing it on users' devices.
• Don't know users specifically and have no accounts or email addresses (except for the mailing list).
• Store images on users' devices and use encrypted systems.
• Have backup/restore functionality but identifying users for restoration is a problem.
• More info in the [Privacy Policy]. Overseeing privacy implementation has been rewarding.