At SealedWeb, we don’t just talk about security—we prove it every day. That’s why we’re unveiling Spot Audit, a first-of-its-kind feature that empowers you, our users, to actively audit the platform. No consultants, no third-party assurances—just real transparency built into every interaction.
Zero Trust? We Take It Seriously
Zero-trust means never assuming anything—including the systems you rely on. In a world where complex threats often hide behind lofty and highfalutin promises, we’ve embraced this principle at the highest level:
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SealedWeb stores no master keys that can unlock anything
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Your bare private keys never leave your device
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Every encrypted exchange is peer-to-peer, i.e., directly between users
But we didn’t stop there. We added verifiability—because trust, at its heart, must be measurable and accountable.
Introducing Spot Audit: Verified by You
Think of Spot Audit as trust in motion. To understand and appreciate it, however, you need to be aware of the hidden dangers of having a platform regulating interactions between any two users.
Here’s the reality: platforms are necessary—as is SealedWeb. But they become a security liability when they rely on policies instead of provable mechanisms. Policies can change. At SealedWeb, we don’t make security promises—we burn guarantees into the protocol. Remember our tagline: trust the math!
When two users connect on SealedWeb, a cryptographic exchange ensures that no one—not even the server—can read their messages. But here’s the question:
What if the server tries to impersonate both users and simulate a secure connection?
Spot Audit makes that impossible—and if SealedWeb ever attempts such trickery, it’ll be caught immediately and called out for it in no time.
What makes SealedWeb’s Spot Audit feature so awesome is that it allows two users to reconfirm the security of their connection when they happen to meet in person. When two users meet in person, they can:
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Scan each other’s security keys using their mobile phones.
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Confirm, in real time, that the SealedWeb has not tampered with the the keys stored on their servers.
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Engage in secure communication—knowing the connection is untampered.
That’s it. No backdoors. No compromises. And no one else could have changed the keys without being caught mid-verification.
This is significant because now our users become our auditors—and the server into the audited.
And even if meeting in person isn’t possible, this verification can be done over any trusted out-of-band channel—WhatsApp, Signal, email, voice call, or anything else.
Why It Matters
Benefit | Description |
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🚨 Concrete detection | Any server meddling is caught instantly, in-the-wild. |
🔄 Network-wide assurance | One verified link elevates confidence across other chats. |
🔐 Reputation built-in | Users become the guardians of SealedWeb’s integrity. |
The server doesn’t need to prove it’s honest—it can’t lie without being caught.
Every verification is a spot audit we cannot predict or control. SealedWeb just cannot be dishonest without getting caught.
Spot Audit in Action
Alice and Bob connect on SealedWeb over the internet. Later, they meet over coffee. Bob opens SealedWeb on his phone, taps Verify Identity that displays a QR code. Alice scans it. Instantly:
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Both phones confirm: Match!
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SealedWeb marks the connection verified date/time stamp.
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All prior and future messages—past and ongoing—are cryptographically tied to Alice and Bob’s validated keys.
That simple verification is more than a handshake—it’s a public proof point you can trust.
Trust Through Transparency: Our Real Competitive Edge
Other platforms offer “security” as a bullet point. SealedWeb offers verifiable trust, with feature-level evidence:
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🔍 Spot Audit: User-conducted verification, anytime, anywhere
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🛡️ End-to-end encryption: Strong ratchets, perfect forward secrecy, and deniability
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🌲 Transitive confidence: One verified link strengthens the whole network
We’re not just trusted. We’re trustworthy—and accountable.
Join the Spot Audit Revolution
With Spot Audit, SealedWeb doesn’t need external consultants, because you and your contacts become active participants in securing your digital lives. Rather than asking, should I trust the platform?, you verify it yourself.
Want to see it in action? Hold on, we’re still developing SealedWeb 🙂 We’re looking to launch it by October of this year.