Anonymous incident reporting.
Your identity stays protected.

Only the short public summary (max 160 characters) and category appear on the map and in the incident feed—visible to anyone using Beacon. Your exact location is never shown in plain form; we use a coarse ~400m grid with jitter so the pin is approximate. Your full narrative, private notes, and any media you don’t explicitly choose to share publicly are encrypted on your device and stored as ciphertext. Only authorized officials with the proper keys can ever decrypt that content—we cannot.

Sensitive data (exact location, full narrative, private notes, and media) is encrypted on your phone before it is sent to our servers. We use standard, well-understood encryption; our servers store only ciphertext and do not have the keys to decrypt it. We never see your raw footage or precise coordinates. Only authorized partners with the correct keys can decrypt private evidence when legally required.

No. Beacon does not require an account, email, phone number, or any personal information. You open the app and can report or browse nearby incidents immediately. We use an anonymous, rotatable device identifier for rate limiting and abuse prevention only—it is not linked to your identity.

Your precise GPS is never stored in plain text. When you submit a report, we convert your location into a coarse grid cell (about 400m) and add jitter before displaying anything publicly. The exact coordinates are encrypted with the rest of your private data. Public maps and incident cards show only this approximate area (e.g. an intersection or block), not your exact position.

Private notes and media are encrypted on your device and stored as ciphertext on our servers. We cannot decrypt them. Access is limited to authorized officials (e.g. law enforcement or designated responders) who have been given the decryption keys through a separate, controlled process. This is documented in our privacy and security materials.

We use rate limiting, anonymous session checks, and abuse scoring to reduce spam and misuse. We do not use your data for marketing or third-party sharing. Our systems are designed to detect patterns that suggest abuse while preserving anonymity for legitimate reporters. For security or privacy concerns, you can contact the address provided in the app or documentation.

Beacon is designed so that we do not store identity data, which means we cannot tie a report back to you to perform a user-initiated delete. If you have a legal or safety need to request removal of content, contact the address provided in the app or documentation; we handle such requests in line with our policies and applicable law.

Beacon is currently available as a beta on iOS (iPhone) through TestFlight. Android support is coming soon. The app requires no account—just download, open, and start reporting or viewing incidents immediately.