Your words.
Until their time.
Encrypted before upload.
ETC’s release specification permits only encrypted capsule contents. The automatic-release key must be time-locked, with no emergency key or support override. Sealing is not available until the complete protocol qualifies.
Your draft. Your key.
Saving encrypts your text, images, title, author name and filenames on your device. ETC stores the encrypted file. Your passphrase and decryption key never reach the server. Keep your downloaded studio key and passphrase: ETC cannot reset them or recover a lost key. Drafts remain editable; saving does not start a time lock.
Signed or anonymous.
Signed capsules require a verifiable authorship signature at sealing. A typed name alone is not a signature. Anonymous capsules omit that author name. Studio access uses a public key, without an email address. ETC can associate saved drafts with that studio; anonymous authorship does not hide network activity.
Public after the lock.
All sealed capsules release publicly after 1–1,000 years. There is no selective release and no early-opening option. Public readability does not itself grant a copyright license or training rights.
Copies you control.
An encrypted draft download can be opened with your studio key and passphrase in the offline draft reader. Source downloads are unencrypted originals. Deleting a draft removes its active record; encrypted copies may remain in backups. Downloads you keep remain yours to manage.
Collection.
ETC stores your public sign-in key, encrypted drafts, file sizes, revision numbers and save times. A necessary session cookie expires after 12 hours. This browser keeps your encrypted studio key for unlocking. There are no marketing trackers or session recordings. Infrastructure providers process connection details to serve the site.
Earlier drafts.
Records from the earlier hosting platform were not transferred here. They remain subject to that platform’s access and retention rules.