Keepr Keepr has a chat in every circle, so a family can talk about the photos where the photos are. This page is about how private that conversation actually is — including the part that isn't a selling point.
Who can read a circle's messages#
Members of that circle. A conversation belongs to its circle, and there's no way for someone outside it to see it.
Encrypted in transit and at rest#
Messages are encrypted on the way to Keepr and encrypted again when stored, so they aren't sitting in readable form and aren't exposed on the network.
But not end-to-end#
Keepr holds the encryption key. That means, in principle, Keepr can read message content — the encryption protects against interception and against someone getting at stored data, not against Keepr itself.
That's a meaningful difference from a messenger like Signal, and it would be easy to blur by saying "encrypted chat" and letting you assume the stronger thing. So, plainly: Keepr chat is private from other users, not private from Keepr.
Practically, it's fine for what it's for — a family talking about photographs. For anything that needs the guarantee that literally nobody but the recipient can read it, use a tool built for that. We'd rather tell you that than have you find out from someone else.
There are no direct messages#
Conversations are per-circle group chats. There's no one-to-one messaging today, so a message to one person means either a circle containing just the two of you, or another app.
Turning it down or off#
Each circle's chat has its own controls:
- Mute or hide a conversation for yourself, with separate switches for messages, new uploads and people joining.
- A circle's owner can switch chat off entirely for that circle, or limit posting to admins — useful for a circle that's meant for sharing rather than conversation.
What's kept#
Messages stay until they're deleted, so a circle's conversation is part of its history in the way an album is.
Deleting your account removes your messages along with everything else — see Deleting your account.