Spoiler: Most platforms mean “hidden.” We mean “gone.”
Let’s be clear: most platforms lie — gently. When you delete a message, they rarely delete it. Not really.
It might disappear from your screen. It might say “Message removed.” But the actual content? It’s often still there:
Because deleting things is hard. Really deleting them is harder. And it goes against the business model of most tech companies.
So they do what looks like deletion. But in the backend, your past still lives on — archived, recoverable, searchable.
We don’t archive. We don’t back up. We don’t replicate your data. We store one thing: the encrypted message blob. And only for as long as you allow.
When that time runs out — or when it’s been read — it’s gone. Not moved to a trash folder. Not flagged “deleted.” Actually deleted.
No drafts. No soft deletes. No “just in case” logs. Because if we built BareSend with deletion theatre — we’d be part of the problem.
No message on BareSend survives its moment. It’s not a platform for archiving. It’s a platform for letting go.
So when we say deleted — we mean it. Not “deleted from your view.” Not “deleted if we’re asked nicely.” Just… gone.