Germ Network
@germnetwork.com
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Germ DM is end-to-end encrypted with Messaging Layer Security and is never connected to your phone number. Our integration with ATProto (Bluesky) is now in beta!
Germ DM is end-to-end encrypted with Messaging Layer Security and is never connected to your phone number. Our integration with ATProto (Bluesky) is now in beta!
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Germ Network
@germnetwork.com
· Jul 30
Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky | TechCrunch
Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.
techcrunch.com
"While the user experience is simple enough, the technology behind it is not."
@techcrunch.com covers Germ DM x ATProto with a deep dive on our beta, co-founders, and plans.
techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/g...
@techcrunch.com covers Germ DM x ATProto with a deep dive on our beta, co-founders, and plans.
techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/g...
Early sunset got you down? Try sending that first DM. 🌇📲💚
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Early sunset got you down? Try sending that first DM. 🌇📲💚
It’s Discord Tuesday! Come and hang at 1pm pst.
Join the Germ Network Discord Server!
Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 340 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It’s Discord Tuesday! Come and hang at 1pm pst.
Use a custom handle or PDS? Just keep typing.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Use a custom handle or PDS? Just keep typing.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
New build, new fixes. Try it out now.
The best ways to support Germ are by using our app and talking about us!
But we do also sell these nifty hats.
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But we do also sell these nifty hats.
germnetwork.bigcartel.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The best ways to support Germ are by using our app and talking about us!
But we do also sell these nifty hats.
germnetwork.bigcartel.com
But we do also sell these nifty hats.
germnetwork.bigcartel.com
Watch out world 👀 #Blacksky has entered the chat
I am on @germnetwork.com , lock in.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Watch out world 👀 #Blacksky has entered the chat
New to Germ DM?
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
Germ-ATProto Beta Waitlist — Germ Network
Germ DM is bringing secure messaging to your ATProto handle. Join our beta waitlist to be the first to try the integration—coming sooner than you think.
www.germnetwork.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New to Germ DM?
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
We’re an end-to-end encrypted messaging app that connects to your atproto handle. No phone numbers + burner identities to share with whomever.
In the App Store now, with our atproto integration in beta. Get on the list to try it out:
www.germnetwork.com/beta-waitlist
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Glad to see that @germnetwork.com now works with @blackskyweb.xyz
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Glad to see that @germnetwork.com now works with @blackskyweb.xyz
It felt good to trade some germ cards in person. Very strong authentication, you know ✅ 🃏♻️
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It felt good to trade some germ cards in person. Very strong authentication, you know ✅ 🃏♻️
Thanks to everyone who joined us for happy hour last week! Atproto devs are so nice in person ☺️🍻
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us for happy hour last week! Atproto devs are so nice in person ☺️🍻
Soft conversations. Strong encryption. For your cozy season. 🧣🍲
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Soft conversations. Strong encryption. For your cozy season. 🧣🍲
🙌 Great choices all around! 🗺️
i’m trying to be as @proto-pilled as possible. reviewing movies and tv shows on @popfeed.social, exploring moving my software development operations to @tangled.org, playing @skyrdle.com when i remember, reading blogs on @leaflet.pub, and i’ve been on the @germnetwork.com beta for dms!
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🙌 Great choices all around! 🗺️
What early experiences made privacy and cryptography important to you? 🤔🫣
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What early experiences made privacy and cryptography important to you? 🤔🫣
Why care about cryptography?
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
Web3Privacy Now (@web3privacy.info)
Why Privacy Starts with Consent Not Code @tessa.germnetwork.com, writer turned founder of @germnetwork.com on how she went from teaching at Stanford to building a private messenger that puts consent…
bsky.app
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Why care about cryptography?
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
For Tessa, it starts with consent…and creative writing.
Check out @web3privacynow’s new interview with our CEO and co-founder Tessa, filmed in September at Cypherpunk Camp Berlin.
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Thanks for the invite @germnetwork.com. You can now DM safely! Who’s also using Germ? Let’s DM 💪
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
🙌
The days are shorter.
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The days are shorter.
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
The chats are longer.
The end-to-end encryption is Messaging Layer Security. 🕯️📲
Got a Germ link in your bio?
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Got a Germ link in your bio?
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
Your friends can chat with you, starting now.
Happy #WaitlistWednesday to all our new beta testers!
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Happy #WaitlistWednesday to all our new beta testers!
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
If you just got on, tag a couple friends you’re dying to Germ DM with and we’ll skip them in line ;)
🫢
who all got into @germnetwork.com dms today? curious to try it with someone
November 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Welcome! 🙌
Oh hey, I'm in the @germnetwork.com beta now. Finally got a proper Germ DM link in my profile 🥳
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Welcome! 🙌
Tuesdays are Discord day! Join us for our weekly text chat at 1pm PST. Bring questions, bugs, soup recipes--or just a Germ DM link to share.
Join the Germ Network Discord Server!
Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 337 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Tuesdays are Discord day! Join us for our weekly text chat at 1pm PST. Bring questions, bugs, soup recipes--or just a Germ DM link to share.
Our newest beta build just dropped.
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our newest beta build just dropped.
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
Make sure you’re on TestFlight build 3.0 (3556), Germ DM some friends, and tell us how it goes!
Dashboard > App Logging > Send logs to Germ 😅🪲✍️
2 links for 2 ways to stay in touch.
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Privacy & Protocols Happy Hour · Luma
Join Germ for a winter happy hour to close out our 2025 social calendar! RSVP for the exact location in SF’s Mission District. 📫🍂
Staying in touch is messy,…
luma.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2 links for 2 ways to stay in touch.
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Newsletter goes out tomorrow: www.germnetwork.com/newsletter
SF Happy Hour is Wednesday!! luma.com/cyj1sw9i
Not everything is for the timeline. Some things are just for two.
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Not everything is for the timeline. Some things are just for two.
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
With end-to-end encryption, no one can read your Germ DMs except the person you send them to.
Germ DM, powering your cozy season. 🧣🍵🕯️
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There are two very important people that have requested Germie (orange lil mascot for @germnetwork.com) on a toque / beanie for the next hat swag run.
In the mean time, @tessa.germnetwork.com represents in green hat and smiles at breakfast this morning.
In the mean time, @tessa.germnetwork.com represents in green hat and smiles at breakfast this morning.
November 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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