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> your visit doesn't leave a trace on the server. No one's watching — not your neighbor, not the NSA, and not us.

Promises. There's no way to provide a truly anonymous service through HTTP(S). At least there's a Tor service; maybe it should be the preferred method of accessing the service ?

I agree, that statement is pretty demonstrably false. Even Tor hidden services have weaknesses as we've seen recently.

At least with anything concerning privacy and security, radical honesty is the best approach. Most people realize nothing online has perfect security or anonymity, you just need to make the case that you have better security and anonymity than competitors in the space. Lots of companies (particularly SaaS providers) make grand claims about their impenetrable security, but only foolish people believe that nonsense.

No HTTPS. White text with a slight black blur on a white background.

HTTPS coming with Let's Encrypt Dec 3. There is a background image there if you have JS.

This page does not work properly. Also, it simply is too slow.