Private messages are not raw material

Chat control is not a single technical product. The term covers political and legal proposals under which providers might automatically inspect private communication for certain content. A particularly sensitive question is whether scanning would happen on the device before, or despite, end-to-end encryption.

The legal process continues to change. On July 9, 2026, the European Parliament adopted amendments to a temporary ePrivacy derogation. Parliament's position would exclude communications protected by end-to-end encryption; the text now returns to the Council. This page therefore records a dated status, not a final legal outcome.

The current ordinary private KBeam chat path has no automated content scanning built into it. Private messages are encrypted on the device before they reach Fast Push, brokers, push services or other transport paths.

For registration and ordinary private messaging, KBeam does not collect or use a phone number, real name or email address as account data. KBeam therefore creates no mapping from those identifiers to a wallet address or cryptographic contact. For technical routing, KBeam knows only the cryptographic identity, not the person behind it; it can neither analyze nor disclose a personal identity link it never collected.

Technical metadata used for delivery, reliability and abuse prevention is separate from this statement. Public blockchain data may independently be linked to people through external sources; KBeam does not provide that attribution. KBeam also does not claim control over a compromised device, the operating system or every conceivable attacker.

Features that use external processing, such as a deliberately triggered external translation, must be explained and activated separately. In that case, the selected content leaves the ordinary private path for the specific purpose chosen by the user.

Privacy is not created by a slogan. It comes from understandable data paths, clear boundaries and the ability to leave optional features disabled.