Observed arrival · 2026-10-09
Armada: Exposed tests a chat app’s encryption and hosting claims
An evidence-led investigation compares Armada’s privacy and hosting claims with its app, infrastructure, policies, and public materials.
- For
- Readers checking privacy and hosting claims for chat platforms
- Worth noticing
- A dated addendum distinguishes the October 7 script observation from an October 8 build that no longer loads those two scripts.
Field notes
The page separates Concord-based default communities from NIP-29 groups and Discord-bridged channels, arguing that broad encryption claims cover components with different hosting and administration arrangements. It cites Soapbox’s self-hosting guide, an in-app policy, developer posts, and a served JavaScript bundle. Its October 9 addendum says the October 8 homepage no longer loads two scripts flagged in earlier HTML, while noting a remaining discrepancy in the policy’s analytics wording.
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