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Start the conversation, faster. Germ DM is end-to-end encrypted with Messaging Layer Security and is never connected to your phone number. Our integration with ATProto (Bluesky) is now in beta!

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · Jul 30

"While the user experience is simple enough, the technology behind it is not."

@techcrunch.com covers Germ DM x ATProto with a deep dive on our beta, co-founders, and plans.

techcrunch.com/2025/07/30/g...

Germ brings end-to-end encrypted messages to Bluesky | TechCrunch

Germ's new app lets users send end-to-end encrypted messages on Bluesky. TechCrunch speaks with the Germ founders to hear why they came up with the idea.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6h

Why share a Germ card to connect? 🧐

A card isn’t tied to any personal info – all you need to get started with your first card is an initial. Whatever else you want to share, like your #atproto handle, is up to you. 😌

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 10h

With phone numbers out of the picture, end-to-end encrypted messaging has never been more flexible. First stop: #atproto 🥨🦋

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 1d

Looking for the Germ team? We all join Discord Tuesdays, today at 1pm PST. 🔎🦠

Join the Germ Network Discord Server!

Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 320 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 1d

Germ is the messenger that doesn’t track or trap you—and doesn’t help your contacts spy on you, either. 🚫🕵️‍♂️

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 5d

it's going! are you on it?

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 5d

When CEOs link up 💪🤝😎

@skylight.social

Tessa Brown @tessa.germnetwork.com · 5d

SF moments with @buildwithtori.com ✨🌈💕

Two smiling women founders in front of a rainbow flag

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 5d

What are you proud of from this week? 🌷🐝

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

Private conversations are the heart of our digital connections. How do you do DMs?

🙅‍♀️ I never DM
😶‍🌫️ I’ll respond… maybe
👋 I send the first DM
📲 DM me! I tell you how to contact me in my bio

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 6d

We meet in public, but we have real conversations in private.

Germ DM x ATProto makes it faster, easier, and more secure to jump into a private conversation—just click the magic link in bio. 🪄🔗

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 8d

Eager to catch up with the team?

Discord Tuesday is here. Catch up with us at 1pm PST in our server.

Join the Germ Network Discord Server!

Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 315 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 8d

Want to check in with Team Germ?

We're always in our Discord on Tuesdays at 1pm PST. Join us there today!

discord.gg/NgTYtCxm

Join the Germ Network Discord Server!

Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 316 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

discord.gg

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 8d

whoops! let's repost that - thank you! discord.gg/NgTYtCxm

Join the Germ Network Discord Server!

Check out the Germ Network community on Discord - hang out with 316 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 8d

Germ lets you find friends in private--or public, on #atproto. We recently made even more friends at the Cypherpunk Retreat for privacy builders in Berlin.

Thanks @protocollabs.bsky.social for highlighting us in your roundup of the event!

Threads From the 2025 Cypherpunk Retreat

Key takeaways from the Cypherpunk Retreat, where 100 leading builders advanced privacy-tech coordination.

www.protocol.ai

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 8d

Phone numbers are out. In? Germ’s protocol.

Letting you control who can contact you, with just a link. ☎️ ⏭️ 🦠

Germ Network @germnetwork.com · 9d

Good morning germs 🌞🌻😎

What's on your to-do list this week?