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> This is essentially the ultimate privacy guarantee - a server that does work for its users (like fetching emails, tweets, or search results), without ever knowing what its users are doing - who they talk to, who they follow, or even what they search for.

Isn't this perfect for mostly criminals and all the bad actors?

Is there anything you're going to do about these people using your service?

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We don't think this guarantee is only useful to bad actors, in the same way that end-to-end encryption has turned out to be useful even if you're not doing something illegal.

The businesses using Blyss want to perform tasks (like scanning for breached credentials) without seeing sensitive customer data. Even the US government's civilian cybersecurity agency, CISA, recommends that you use end-to-end encrypted solutions for credential vaults (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa... Blyss is an added layer for these services, protecting even access metadata.

Individuals have a right to privacy. This right is not contingent on there being no bad actors on the planet. If anything, the existence of bad actors reinforces the right to privacy of good actors.

Crime is illegal, best to leave that up to various law enforcement agencies.

While talking about a crime is illegal, it is the person(s) talking about the crime that are criminals, not the letter it is written on.

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