Steve Phillips

About

Hi there! I'm Steve Phillips, an award-winning independent software developer and privacy hacker. In the 16 years I've been programming, I have built, launched, and otherwise contributed to dozens of pretty badass projects. In 2019 I was featured in tech journalist Clive Thompson's book "Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World" for my San Francisco privacy hackathons and for building LeapChat, an ephemeral, end-to-end encrypted app that currently hosts 47,000+ secure chat rooms. I have spent much of my time since 2012 building end-to-end encrypted, privacy-preserving software that protects people instead of exploiting them. Below you will find what I'm doing now, and a glimpse of what I have done to date. A few highlights: 0. In December 2024 I launched TechBytes.news, a website that uses LLMs to save you time by summarizing trending tech articles for you (from Hacker News). TechBytes also allows you to travel back in time to see recent stories -- so you don't miss what matters most. Check it out: 1. Since mid-2023 I've been building Relay Anonymous Messenger in my spare time. Relay is essentially "anonymous, decentralized, self-hostable Signal" that also le

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