Boop is built around minimizing what we store. We do not store your raw phone number in app tables. It is normalized and converted into a one-way hash protected by a server-side pepper the moment it reaches our servers, and used for matching.
You can add someone manually by phone number, or choose from your contacts as a convenience. Boop does not automatically upload your full address book. If you choose from contacts, you pick which entries are used to add people to your private list. There is no public directory, no people-you-may-know engine, and no bulk discovery feed.
We use a privacy-preserving pair-token protocol so we are not building a giant directional graph of who wanted to reach whom. No public search, no feed, no stranger browsing. Boops expire after twenty-four hours. Chats are text-only and expire after seven days. You can delete your account from inside the app at any time. Deletion removes the account data associated with it, apart from limited records such as blocks and abuse reports that we may need to keep for safety, security and legal reasons.
Boop is live as an early MVP. It is free to use, Sweden-first, 18+, and built as a web app you can install on iPhone (Add to Home Screen via Safari) and Android (Chrome install prompt). The core Boop loop stays free: send an anonymous Boop, and if the other person independently Boops you back it becomes mutual, both names appear and a private chat opens. No public search. No people-you-may-know feed. No stranger browsing. You choose who to add to your private list.