Cloaked
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Virtual identities to protect your privacy
Henrique Dubugras
Cloaked — Virtual identities to protect your privacy
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Protect your privacy with instant and unlimited identities. Shop, travel, use your favorite apps, and meet new people with Cloaked’s unique email addresses, phone numbers, passwords, and payments – all in one dashboard that you control.
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Scott Foote
Identities have become a valuable commodity. Data aggregators and other service providers collect, trade, and exploit them to track, surveil, predict, and even influence our every action… both online and IRL. The fact is these companies know as much, if not more, about us than we do ourselves. Which presents significant risk to consumers in this era where personal information is increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats, data breaches, and invasive surveillance. It should be no surprise that privacy has become a paramount concern for individuals across the globe. As the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Cloaked, and a long-term, certified privacy advocate (IAPP CIPM, ISACA CDPSE), I am excited to be part of the company’s launch of a set of integrated services dedicated to empowering individuals with the tools they need to safeguard their actual identities and enhance their privacy in the digital realm. Cloaked was founded on the principle that every individual deserves the right to maintain control over their own personal data. To deliver that control, Cloaked has developed cutting-edge technology that generates synthetic online identities. Just like Jason Bourne’s, these identities are indistinguishable from real ones and serve as a shield against the prying eyes of cybercriminals, data brokers, and unwarranted surveillance. Our dedication to privacy and security is at the core of everything we do, and we are continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the realm of online identity protection. Join us in the journey to take back control of your online identity and experience the freedom of the digital world without fear of exploitation.
Scott Foote
Awesome service... empowers consumers to take back control over their own personal data. Simple, easy to use, and immediately counters the tracking and personal profiling that data aggregators and malicious actors use to exploit consumers everyday.
Carl Brenner
@scott_foote Congrats Scott and your team on your performance! Finger crossed and soon product of the day! 🌟💪
Scott Foote
@carlbrenner Thanks for the support Carl!
Arjun Bhatnagar
Hi all! 👋 My name is Arjun and I’m the CEO and co-founder of Cloaked. Cloaked generates unique virtual IDs – email addresses, phone numbers, payment info – so your “real” data is owned and controlled by you and you alone. Maybe the quickest way to understand how it works? Shoot me a text at 573-383-0851. That’s a cloaked # I generated earlier just now – so all texts will appear in my Cloaked dashboard (and on my phone), where I can respond or auto-forward to my real inbox or phone. Some features I’m excited for you to try: 🔐Instant working phone and email IDs: All in one dashboard. You control who can contact you and when 🔐Password manager +: Securely manage and autofill log-in info everywhere 🔐Number locking: Never hear from anyone with that identity again 🔐Reduced spam and unsolicited communications 🔐AutoCloak™ (beta): Automatically update all existing accounts to Cloaked IDs 🔐TOTP: Store all your authenticator codes in one place I got the idea for Cloaked when an AI I had created began texting my then-girlfriend while I was at lunch with a friend. I realized I want to be able to use new technology without worrying about Big Tech owning or selling information about me and my behavior – whether I’m shopping, traveling, using social media, or even meeting up with an acquaintance. Our goal with Cloaked is to bring humanity in the way we approach each other in our relationships to the way we interact online – you should be able to live your life, online and off, without fear of your data being hacked, scammed, breached, or sold. Use the code PRODUCTHUNT to check out Cloaked today, and can’t wait to hear what you think. Cloaked is a consumer company and the people who support us in our community and give us feedback mean everything to us. Thanks so much! And thanks to @hdubugras at Brex for hunting us. 🔥
Rajiv Ayyangar
@hdubugras @acenario Super cool! How was your launch experience? Text me :) +1 (573) 383-0859
Momcilo Stojkovic
@hdubugras @acenario Love the concept! Goes without saying that safeguarding our digital interactions is vital and your approach sounds promising. Quick question: How do you ensure the robust security of the virtual IDs? Good luck with the launch today!!
Arjun Bhatnagar
@hdubugras @rajiv_ayyangar Thanks a lot for your support!! We're just getting started!! Love the cloaked number! Feel free to play with forwarding to see it work within your messaging app!!
Arjun Bhatnagar
@hdubugras @mocarg Sharing a blurb below! Thanks a lot for your question! We're super excited to be pushing the boundaries on privacy and security! 1. Every user who signs up gets a personalized encrypted database where their account logins and personal information are stored. This teases our vision for allowing you to select where your data lives. 2. If you inspect the network traffic you can see that your password is never sent to our servers and we use client-side encryption to keep your data end-to-end encrypted. 3. All your inbox data is also encrypted so only you can see your texts, calls, emails, and more! We have a whitepaper we're going to be publishing soon! But we've already been ISO27000, ISO27001 certified and we are wrapping up SOC2! With respect to phone numbers and email addresses, we also work with a proper carrier (not Twilio) and we work on generating full emails that aren't just aliases.
Patty Howard
@acenario So proud of this wonderful team and all of the work we've put into creating Cloaked. This is such a necessary product and I'm excited to see how much it will benefit users!
Veronica Rae Saron
Hey there, Product Hunt community! 🌟 I'm Veronica, Head of Marketing at Cloaked. Before joining team here with @acenario, I spearheaded marketing efforts at Neeva—an AI-powered, ad-free search platform that reshaped the way we think about searching the web privately. My journey into the world of AI offered a profound realization: As AI continues to evolve and weave itself deeper into our everyday lives, privacy isn't just a luxury—it's a necessity. As technology advances, so does the urgency for true data protection. Privacy is set to become even more paramount in the next wave of AI-led innovations, where the aggregation and interpretation of data is going to become… scary. This deep-seated belief in privacy’s ever-increasing importance led me to Cloaked. Here, we're not just talking about privacy, but empowering you to own and control your data in its entirety. The concept of generating unique, virtual IDs is groundbreaking, ensuring your genuine data remains just that—genuine and untouched. I invite you to be part of this revolution, to experience firsthand a world where you, and only you, dictate the terms of your online identity. So, will you join us on this journey to reshape the future of privacy? Thank you for your support, and a massive shoutout to everyone in the Product Hunt community. Looking forward to your thoughts and feedback. Let's redefine privacy together! 💪
Henrique Dubugras
Hunter
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Proud to hunt Cloaked today! As CEO of Brex, I understand first-hand the need for safety and security for consumers online. Arjun and team have built innovative tech to solve a real problem. Can't wait to keep rooting for Cloaked as they help consumers take back control of our personal data.
Arjun Bhatnagar
@hdubugras Thanks for all the support Henrique!! Really appreciate the kind words
Sandy
@hdubugras i'm new here and trying to figure out what it means to hunt a product
Diego Akel
@hdubugras Legal te ver por aqui, Henrique! Vi que é a primeira vez hunting pra um produto fora da Brex. Você trabalhou com o Arjun?
Arjun Bhatnagar
@hdubugras @tomorbach Super happy to have Henrique support us!
iknowdavid
@hdubugras I’m really keen on having a look and potentially signing up to your app. However It’s not been enabled for use it the iOS AppStore in Thailand. Would it be possible to enable searching, viewing and downloading the app in the Thai store please?
Mike Staub
Finally, someone solved this problem!
Ben
💎 Pixel perfection
I've been cobbling this together for the last decade, and while it's gotten easier, it's still a tremendous pain, especially trying to remember which phone number, email and virtual card go together. Cloaked will replace (for me, today) Privacy.com, Dialpad, and Fastmail masked emails, plus tie them all together.
Martha Patzer
@heliostatic Thank you so much Ben! This is the truth 💯
Dheeraj Putlur
@heliostatic Thank you for your support Ben! Please feel free to share any feedback or thoughts you have about the product
Brian Rumao
Congrats Arjun! I've been happily using Cloaked for a while now, and can't wait for everyone to experience the benefits of having control over your own data again. Here's my number if anyone wants to chat more about Cloaked: 573.542.0984
Dheeraj Putlur
@brianrumao Thank you for your support Brian!
André J
This is so gd! It's getting harder and harder to stay annonomous on the net. How is the pricing going to be tho? That page isn't available it seems.
Arjun Bhatnagar
@sentry_co Hey! It is live on the site if you click pricing! https://www.cloaked.app/14-days-... in case you didn't see it!
Kyler Ross
@sentry_co Hmm, this should be resolved, are you still experiencing issues viewing the pricing page? https://www.cloaked.app/14-days-...
André J
@kyler_ross2 Was fixed I see. Would get a lot more organic traffic and word of mouth marketing if it had a low key freemium model. Esp important because the product can have a great impact on the world that is becoming more and more Orwellian.
Randy Levitch
Finally, a new way to protect my PII and prevent invasive data privacy collection and selling PII to 3rd parties and on the DarkWeb. Keep it affordable, maybe even a no-cost version, keep updating, & please be responsive to the Community at large. Meaning if I UpVote #Cloaked, which I’ve done, then it’s your responsibility to keep the momentum going and not eventually disappear into the ether of another ProductHunt release that ran out of steam/funding and just sells itself off or closes shop. Looks like you’re well-funded, spend wisely and please have great sales/marketing/customer success teams on board, and not just a top tech team. Good luck! 🍀
Dheeraj Putlur
@onelocalfamily Thank you for the advice Randy! We appreciate your support
Arjun Bhatnagar
@onelocalfamily We're here to stay! And we strive to continue to serve you!
Kyle Adams
Kyle here - one of the Lead Product Designers at Cloaked! I've worked for many startups throughout my tenure, but none with as clear of a mission and purpose as Cloaked. Today is historical in that we have ditched the beta tag and have officially launched to the public here on Product Hunt! We are thrilled to have you join us on this journey to take control over your data and privacy. We are so keen to get your feedback and understand how Cloaked can fit into your daily life. I know for me. personally, I've been able to completely ditch my old password managers and authenticator apps as well as limit the amount of spam I get by giving out Cloaked phone numbers and emails! Please don't hesitate to reach out with UX questions, suggestions, you name it. Happy hunting!
Jiwoong Lee
Privacy is tricky. Often solutions and policies differ from platform to platform, product to product. It's confusing or sometimes makes me feel powerless. I'm super happy to see what a product like the Cloak brings that is intuitive, straightforward and fundamentally changing the game. Hope the big success of the Cloak! and super congrats for the launch!
Michael Abbate
@jiwoong_lee Much appreciated Jiwoong...We hope you enjoy using Cloaked and feel empowered to take back your privacy once and for all!
Jake Gaylor
@jiwoong_lee There are some really cool things already in the app like 2fa connected to an identity but I’m excited to see what comes next.
Martha Patzer
@jiwoong_lee Thank you so much, Jiwoong. Love the way you put this. 🙏
Spencer Burleigh
Super exciting! Will I be able to replace 1Password with this?
Arjun Bhatnagar
@spencer_burleigh Thanks a lot Spencer!! With respect to 1Password, our goal is to evolve past them, but you are welcome to use Cloaked and 1Password together!
Jake Gaylor
@spencer_burleigh I used the import feature to bring over all my data from 1password and LastPass. You can use it the same way to record new usernames and passwords and auto fill login.
Jake Gaylor
@spencer_burleigh it does yet but it does so much more. I needed a phone number for a discount at a local store so I used cloaked to make a number. I started getting spam on the number so I just muted it and learned that that store sells my data.
Matt Karolian
Wow, this service is really just what I want/need. Right now I use iCloud anonymized emails and a separate burner number app. This looks way easier, and cheaper in the long run.
Michael Abbate
@mkarolian Thanks Matt! Now you'll be able to have organized accounts / inboxes / numbers per company.
Martha Patzer
@mkarolian Thanks Matt! Let us know if you have feedback after using it for a bit. Super excited for you to try it out!
Aurora
This is really really cool and useful. How do you see it evolve with the likes of 1Passwords around? Will it work in tandem or replace password managers?
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
@aurorakb great question!
Feezy
@aurorakb Definitely capable of replacing 1Password.
Arjun Bhatnagar
@aurorakb Our company is B2C and focused on consumers! We're going to keep innovating in the field of privacy & security in the efforts of ultimately providing people full control over their data and their identity. With respect to 1Password, our goal is to evolve past them, but you are welcome to use Cloaked and 1Password together!
Arjun Bhatnagar
@aurorakb @feezy Thanks for all your support!! We look forward to your feedback!!
Arjun Bhatnagar
Muhammad Azeem
Congrats on the launch, this is great. Does it reassign old numbers to new users if previous users choose to revoke those numbers and generate new ones? It leaves the new user stuck because a platform, say Facebook, already has that phone number used on another account. I wonder how the registering/ assigning of phone numbers and emails is done to get a better idea. Thanks
Arjun Bhatnagar
@azeemkafridi We don't do that! Cloaked keeps track of where a number has been used so this situation does not occur! We've really invested in making sure we can make this as seamless as possible! A lot more to work to do, but excited about what's to come!
Arjun Bhatnagar
@azeemkafridi And this information is not tied to any user, this is just to make sure a phone number is not used in the same place twice!
Andrew Rising
Such a huge fan of this product and team. Excited for Cloaked to become the standard for personal data privacy.
Lucas Weiner
@rock_rising thanks for the kind words! Excited to show everyone the power of Cloaked
Michael Tchong
Not sure this is worth $10/mo. I will wait for Apple to introduce a similar service.
Arjun Bhatnagar
@ubercool Appreciate you checking out our product. We're always looking to improve and we've got a lot more in store for cloaked! Hope to have you back in the future seeing how we stack up against everyone else, including Apple!
Adam Kirsh
This looks so cool, can't believe nobody has really solved this yet. Looking forward to using :)
Michael Abbate
@adamkirsh It's not an easy problem to solve, but we're determined 😅 Thanks for your support Adam.
Cassidy Williams
I love seeing privacy tools getting launched! This seems really cool and useful. I've been wanting to use something alongside my password manager. Will this work well alongside more privacy-centric email providers like Fastmail, or is it meant to be closer to a replacement?
Arjun Bhatnagar
@cassidoo Thanks for checking us out! This is meant to be a much stronger replacement for things like Fastmail, but in true cloaked fashion you can use both of us at the same time. Our goal is to unify the privacy ecosystem in one easy-to-use interface while giving people complete flexibility and control on how their data is stored, used, and shared. We're excited to hear your feedback and launch to the greater community!
Milan Kodali
@cassidoo @acenario Awesome. Does cloaked work with other email clients already?
Arjun Bhatnagar
@cassidoo @milan_kodali It does! If you turn on forwarding Cloaked works with every email client! You can choose to respond using the Cloaked inbox or directly within your native client!
Kyler Ross
@cassidoo Thank you so much for the kind words!! Our goal is to be the single hub you need across the web, consolidating and improving on the functionality offered by trailblazers like Fastmail, Proton, and 1Password. All that being said, Cloaked is constructed to integrate into your workflow in whatever way fits your use case!
Michael Abbate
@cassidoo Thanks Cassidy! Yes you're spot on, Cloaked is a full service email and texting client.