The work of building a private digital life is a layered practice. It begins with a hardened operating system, extends to end-to-end encrypted applications, and requires constant vigilance. We all choose our tools with intention; assembling a stack should reflect our principles.
Our contribution to this effort is focused on the network layer—a part of the stack long considered a lost cause. We believe that a private, non-surveilled connection to the world is a fundamental prerequisite for any meaningful privacy. But a network is only as useful as the tools it connects to and the principles it serves.
It’s in this spirit that we are supporting two projects whose work we deeply respect.
First, we're proud to announce our support for Surveillance Watch. Their project is an exercise in radical transparency, mapping the sprawling and opaque industry of global surveillance. It is vital work that equips researchers, journalists, and all of us with the knowledge needed to understand the systems we are up against. We are honored to contribute to their mission.
As Surveillance Watch founder Esra’a Al Shafei observes, "You don’t need to participate in the surveillance economy in order to be a part of modern society. Cape's working to provide real alternatives to compromised connectivity and we're happy to have their support.”
We believe the same is true for a fundamental tool: the search engine. That is why we are also turning our support to Kagi. They are building a search tool based on a simple, honest premise: a user-funded model aligns incentives with the user, not the advertiser. The results are high-fidelity, private, and free of the distortions that plague the ad-based web. To encourage this shift, all Cape subscribers can now explore Kagi Professional for three months.
This is a quiet extension of our existing commitments, from our work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to our collaboration with Proton. Our belief is that by strengthening each layer of the stack and supporting those who build with integrity, we can collectively create a more private and principled way to live our digital lives.
