Last updated: October 28, 2026
These terms explain how you may use ScatterChat (scatterchat.com) and what you can and cannot expect from us. By reading or using this site, you agree to them. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site.
Who we are
ScatterChat is a small, independent content website about online privacy and anonymity. We write about secure messaging, web privacy, and privacy in Web3 and crypto. In these terms, “we”, “us” and “our” mean the people behind this site. “You” means anyone who visits or reads it.
We publish articles, guides, comparisons and explainers. We do not sell software, run a messaging service, hold your funds, or provide accounts or user profiles.
Using our content
You may read, share and reference our content for your own personal, non-commercial information.
You may:
- Read and print articles for your own use.
- Share links to our pages on social media, forums or with friends.
- Quote short passages, as long as you credit ScatterChat as the source.
You may not:
- Copy or republish whole articles, or large parts of them, on another website, app or publication without our written permission.
- Present our content as your own.
- Scrape, bulk download or systematically collect our content, including for training datasets or automated content farms, without permission.
- Sell, license or otherwise commercially exploit our content.
The text, graphics, layout and original material on this site belong to us unless stated otherwise.
No professional advice
Our content is general information. It is not legal, financial, investment, tax, cybersecurity or other professional advice.
This matters in our subject area. Privacy tools, encryption settings, VPNs, crypto wallets and anonymity techniques all carry real risk when misunderstood or misconfigured. A guide that suits most readers may be wrong for your situation, your device, your country’s laws or your threat model.
In particular:
- Security and privacy: No tool or method makes you completely anonymous or secure. Following our guides does not guarantee protection from surveillance, hacking, tracking or data loss.
- Crypto and Web3: Nothing we publish is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any token, coin or digital asset. Crypto is volatile, and mistakes with wallets or keys are often permanent.
- Legal matters: Laws on encryption, VPNs, anonymity tools and crypto vary widely between countries and change often. Check what applies where you live.
If your safety, money or legal position depends on getting something right, speak to a qualified professional.
Accuracy and changes to content
We work to keep our content accurate and current. We check facts, test where we can and update articles when things change.
Still, software updates, companies change their policies, apps shut down and prices move. Some information on this site will inevitably fall out of date or contain errors. We do not guarantee that any content is complete, accurate or current at the moment you read it.
We may edit, update, move or remove any content at any time without notice. If you spot a mistake, we’d genuinely like to hear about it through the contact options on this site.
External links and third-party services
Our articles sometimes mention or link to other websites, apps, tools and services. We include them because they’re relevant to the topic, not because we control them.
We are not responsible for:
- The content, accuracy or availability of third-party websites.
- Their privacy practices, terms or security.
- Any product or service you choose to use after reading about it here.
Mentioning a product is not an endorsement unless we clearly say so. Always review a service’s own terms and privacy policy before using it, especially for anything handling your messages, browsing data or funds.
Trademarks
Product names, company names, logos and brands mentioned on this site belong to their respective owners. We use them only to identify and discuss those products. Their appearance here does not mean the owners sponsor, endorse or are affiliated with ScatterChat.
Acceptable use
We write about privacy because we believe it’s a legitimate right. We do not support using privacy tools to harm others.
When using this site, you agree not to:
- Use our content to plan or carry out anything illegal, including fraud, harassment, stalking, unauthorised access to systems or evading lawful obligations in ways that harm others.
- Attempt to hack, overload, disrupt or gain unauthorised access to this site or its servers.
- Introduce malware, viruses or other harmful code.
- Use automated tools to scrape or flood the site.
- Impersonate ScatterChat or misrepresent your connection to us.
If we offer comments, contact forms or other ways to submit content, you agree not to post anything unlawful, abusive, defamatory, spammy or that infringes someone else’s rights. We may remove any submission and block access at our discretion.
Limitation of liability
In plain words: you use this site and its content at your own risk.
To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss or damage that results from using, or relying on, this site. That includes, for example:
- Data loss, security breaches or exposure of personal information after following a guide.
- Financial losses, including lost crypto or failed transactions.
- Problems caused by third-party apps, services or websites we mention.
- The site being unavailable, slow or containing errors.
The site is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind. Some jurisdictions don’t allow certain limitations of liability. Where that’s the case, our liability is limited to the smallest amount the law permits.
Privacy
How we handle any data collected when you visit this site, such as through cookies or analytics, is covered in our Privacy Policy. Please read it alongside these terms.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time, for instance when we add new features or when the law changes. When we do, we’ll change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Continuing to use the site after changes are posted means you accept the updated terms. If a change matters to you, check back here occasionally.
Contact
Questions about these terms, a correction to report, or a request to reuse our content can be sent through the contact options on this site.