# cookies & privacy

## your current choice

cookie_notice : reading…
your ip : loading…

to reset choice: browser devtools → Application → Cookies → delete cookie_notice

## what is stored on your device

one cookie: cookie_notice — remembers whether you accepted or declined. expires in 365 days. no other cookies, no localStorage.

## ip address & submitted messages

when you submit a message through the letterbox, the server records your IP address and browser user-agent alongside the message. this is stored in Redis and visible only to the site owner.

it is used only for security — to identify and block threatening or abusive senders. it is never shown publicly.

the IP is read from the X-Real-IP header set by Nginx from $remote_addr — the actual connecting IP. if you use a VPN, the VPN exit node IP will be recorded instead of your real IP.

if you are concerned, use a VPN or Tor before submitting.

## what we do not do

no tracking — no analytics, no google analytics, no plausible.

no ads — no ad networks, no monetisation of any kind.

no fingerprinting — no screen size, gpu, font enumeration.

no third parties — except google fonts & tenor gifs (decorative).

## external resources

google fonts — JetBrains Mono loaded from fonts.googleapis.com. google may log the request IP.

tenor — decorative gifs from media.tenor.com. purely visual, no tracking.