We built this audit because we wanted to do something good. Not for clicks. Not for reach. But because we believe digital sovereignty matters.

Then we posted it on Hacker News. The response was overwhelming — 3 hours on the front page. For a small two-person team from Austria, that’s like a thing: HN is probably the most critic tech community in the world. The sharpest minds in tech, who find every edge case. And they stress-tested us thoroughly.

The verdict: We launched too early. Some results were imprecise.

We took the feedback to heart. Worked through nights. Revised the audit, improved it, revised it again.

And then we shut everything down. 4 days of silence. No website, no audit, nothing. We needed distance.

The last few days have been intense — technically & personally. So much attention, so much criticism, so much to process. We’re not a VC-funded startup with a team of twenty. We’re two people doing this because we believe in it.

The audit is now in revision. When it returns, it will be better. Until then: Thank you for your interest. Thank you for the hard criticism. And thank you for your patience.

— Eva & Christoph, Lightwaves