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Private conversations in public places.

Lortnoc Tahc lets you create a private commons within the public commons with natural language encryption.

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Public conversations are mass-surveilled.

Leaving the commons means losing your people.

Their abuse is a bet that you’ll stay.

What if we could hide in plain sight, together? Encoded as: Lovely weather in the square today.

Introducing

Lortnoc Tahc Everywhere

Private conversations in public spaces.

Write anywhere on the internet. You decide who reads it.

Configure access controls for what type of people can read your messages.

A private commons within the public commons.

See it for yourself

Same thread. Different conversations.

To anyone scrolling past, it’s people talking about the weather. Read it as a verified Dane and the hidden posts open. One of these posts really is just about the weather.

View this thread as
Public thread · Copenhagen3 replies
maja_k · 2hDanish citizens

fjord.runner · 1hjust a post

sanne.v · 40mDanish citizens

Works on Reddit, X, 4chan, Facebook, Instagram, Google Maps, Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and more.

Build a gate from any rule that can be proven.

Start with two that work out of the box: ENS v2 subnames for communities, and World ID for verified nationality. Readers prove they qualify without revealing who they are.

Private conversations, in public places.

Today, Lortnoc Tahc works on most websites visited on Chromium-based web browsers. Lortnoc Tahc is fully open-source.

Lortnoc Tahc Everywhere · v0.2.4

Two minutes. No store.

Download it straight from GitHub, built in public CI, and check it before it touches your browser.

Chrome, Brave, Edge and Arc · SHA-256 2709390f…5e5f79

  1. Check the download. The hash must match, and GitHub confirms our CI built it.
    shasum -a 256 lortnoc-tahc-everywhere-ew-v0.2.4.zip
    # 2709390f283a771ad80b895c36eda99282891607e92b902c3557f8744f5e5f79
    gh attestation verify lortnoc-tahc-everywhere-ew-v0.2.4.zip -R forever8896/lortnoc_tahc
  2. Load it. Unzip it somewhere it can stay, open chrome://extensions, switch on Developer mode, choose Load unpacked and pick the folder.
  3. Add your keys. Open the extension and press the gear: World ID, a wallet, or a passphrase you were given.
  4. Write and read. Press Ctrl+Shift+L in any text box to write. Press Find hidden posts to read, or turn on Always on for a site.