How do we advertise as a small bootstrapped privacy tech company staying true to ourselves? Paying Google, Meta&co for ad space was never an option. Instead we decided to sponsor @noyb.eu and support their important work defending our rights, and booked an ad-slot in this weeks GDPRtoday newsletter

Tausende Kinderfotos. Gestohlen. Weil ein einziger API-Schlüssel nicht ausreichend gesichert war. ooe.orf.at/stories/3355... Der Portraitbox-Hack letzte Woche trifft Kindergärten und Schulen im gesamten DACH-Raum. E2EE ist bei @zeitkapsl.eu von Anfang an keine Option, sondern Grundvoraussetzung.

Privacy policies usually only get longer and longer. Ours just got shorter. We have replaced two external data processors with internal solutions. Fewer third parties, less complexity, more control. zeitkapsl.eu/en/privacy/ #privacy #gdpr #degoogle #madeineu

Big props to @zeitkapsl.eu for replacing Google Photos in my life. Just works. Very affordable subscriptions, all open source, made in the EU... What more can you ask for? Keep up the great work! Very happy to see thriving! zeitkapsl.eu/en/

Some of the @zeitkapsl team will be in #brussels the upcoming week (wednesday to sunday). If someone is up for a coffee/tea/drink, we would be happy to connect locally 🙂

#Degoogled Photos? Yes, it's possible. ✅🏞️ The Big Tech does not need to scan & have access to your pictures & videos 👉 use a Google Photos alternative instead. Find out which open source photo storage we'd recommend: tuta.com/blog/google-...  #GooglePhotos #DeGoogle

While you can sort albums for a while now in the web app, they were not sortable in our iOS and Android apps. In the upcoming zeitkapsl 1.18 release, you can now sort by name, creation date, last modified and number of media items. #e2ee #unplugbigtech #did

Thank you for the shout-out @mariozechner.at <3

zeitkapsl security audit completed. Your memories were never accessible to attackers: end-to-end encryption works as designed. An independent security firm found 16 issues; 12 were fixed immediately and re-verified. The full report is now public. zeitkapsl.eu/en/articles/... #degoogle #madeineu

We are happy to announce with v1.16 we have full support for #motionphoto and #livephoto on both Android and iOS. Thank you @[email protected] for this great work. #madeineu #didit #googlephotos #unplugtrump Thank you @simmac.at for this great work.

Our storage and compute costs just went up ~35%. It cuts directly into the margin we use to build and improve #zeitkapsl We could pass that on. Instead: Inhousing our storage layer Gradually replacing Hetzner and Backblaze Best case: No price increase, stronger resilience, and faster uploads. 🤞

Currently following the upload progress, especially on initial library imports on the mobile apps was a bit intransparent. With the next update, there is a nice upload progress view on the grid as well as in the settings page. #didit #degoogle

And especially for longer videos you can now also follow the upload progress on the main grid view

With the upcoming release of the Android (v 1.15.5) and iOS (v1.15.6) apps we have made it easier to add content to albums. You can now also directly add photos from the album view. Adding photos from the main grid still works as well of course. Now it works both ways #degoogle #googlephotos

Today is again #did. Time to find a #europeanalternative to #googlephotos or #icloud and migrate your data somewhere safe. Never settle for less than #e2ee, native apps on android/ios and easy sharing with friends/family in original quality. That's why we built #zeitkapsl. #didit #degoogle

🎉 Big news: zeitkapsl × AlpenSecure Versicherungen We're thrilled to announce our official partnership with AlpenSecure Versicherungen, Austria's most forward-thinking health insurer.

you can now add a description / notes to your photos and videos! 📝 🌄 Of course, they are end-to-end encrypted and only visible to you and the people you share your photos with. #degoogle #unplugbigtech #unplugtrump

We just made another improvement to help you organize your library: You can now tag and untag photos and videos in bulk in the zeitkapsl-webapp, so you can easily find your favourite memories again using your own search terms 🔍️ #degoogle #did

We succeeded raising awareness in #salzburg for #madeineu #secure alternatives to big tech companies. #degoogle

We have a booth at the startup fair in #salzburg tomorrow, including a pitch at the main stage to talk about #privacy and #sovereignty in the #eu.

📸 Memories on this day You can now enable notifications in the settings to get reminded of photos taken on this date in previous years. It is opt-in of course. Available in iOS v1.14.3 and Android v1.14.1. #degoogle #e2ee #madeineu

Upcoming iOS Release (v1.14.2) contains the native iOS26+ Navbar. Of course everything is backwards compatible. #degoogle #madeineu #liquidglass

We wanted a safe place for our photos and videos, not made for. So we built one. #buyfromeu #madeineu #e2ee #europeanalternatives #degoogle

#degoogle #did #unplugtrump #e2ee #madeineu

How big tech treats your photos. #madeinEU #degoogle #did

www.forbes.com/sites/thomas... Can‘t give away keys you never had in the first place. #e2ee #did

Since #day1, #zeitkapsl has made it easy to share photos with friends and family. Now it’s even better: albums are fully collaborative. Anyone can add photo, whether they have a #zeitkapsl account or not. 📸 Shared albums now work like regular albums, so everyone can contribute. 🤝✨ #degoogle #did

zeitkapsl is all about choice. Leave Google. Avoid vendor lock-in. Pick your OS. 💻 With v1.3.6 Desktop app will be 📦 for: Debian 13 Ubuntu 22.04+24.04 Fedora Arch Linux Flatpak Every package is integrated into our test suite ✅ to ensure it runs smoothly. #degoogle #did #madeineu

🎉 #zeitkapsl crossed 2 million photos stored. Each photo is a moment someone decided was worth keeping and trusted us to take care of it. We try to earn that trust through transparency and reliable, human support when things aren’t clear or don’t work as expected. #did #degoogle

📱 With the next Android update, you can update GPS and time information directly in the app. 🌐 This functionality is already available on the web, including bulk updates. 🔒 To protect your privacy, the map is loaded only when you explicitly enable it. 🚀 Coming in version 1.12+ #degoogle #did

We’ve been working hard over the past two days to bring folder support to the Android app. You can create, rename, delete, drag & drop albums and folders. Control the preview size with pinch gestures. Everything works offline as well of course and is synced automatically. Coming soon in v1.12+

Instead of reliving a trip by browsing through an album from front to back, you want to see the newest additions to a collection? This was already possible with shares, you can now also invert the sort order of collections in the webapp of zeitkapsl! #UnplugBigTech #DiDit #Unplugtrump #privacy

⚠️ We had an annoying regression 🐞 in Android App v1.11.6 and v1.11.7. If you are facing upload errors or crashes, please update to the latest Version v1.11.8. 🩹 We are very sorry about the inconvenience.

You can now also manually tag or remove any auto created tags on images/videos. #degoogle #madeineu #unplugtrump

"Once upon a time, Google 'wasn't evil.' Now it's too big not to be. When a company has this much power—too embedded to boycott, too rich to punish, too essential to regulate—it becomes a monster of itself, mowing down anything that stands in the way of profit." 🧵👇

zeitkapsl supports pinch-to-zoom since day one in android, iOS and the web app Now it is also available on the web using your mouse wheel for all non touch-based devices. You can now make good use of the new original quality-view and re-live the details of your memories! #madeineu #degoogle #e2ee

Today is the first #DigitalIndependenceDay #DID! Why not start by replacing #GooglePhotos with a European, privacy-first end-to-end encrypted and sustainable alternative? The switch to zeitkapsl is easy: zeitkapsl.eu/en/migrating... #DUT #DIDit #DUTgemacht #DIDay

A much-requested feature is now live: view any image in its original quality directly in the web app. This includes full support for HEIC/HEIF images, even on browsers that don’t support them natively. It is already released 🚀

We start the new year with #e2ee energy 🔋 A dear friend of #zeitkapsl had these custom made for us. #madeineu #degoogle

Ab Januar 2026 sollen alle Publikationen der ACM Digital Library öffentlich zugänglich sein. Das soll Wissen zugänglicher machen und Innovation fördern. #Informatik

What are your #newyearresolutions for #2026? We can help you with these: ✅ Backup and sort all photos ✅ Free up storage on your phone ✅ Avoid leaking personal details to US-Big Tech #e2ee #backup #degoogle #madeineu

Thank you to all our supporters for this year. We wouldn't be where we are without all of you <3

We automatically detect image dates from EXIF, filenames, or filesystem timestamps. When that fails, we previously defaulted to the current date. Now, you can manually set dates for single images or in bulk.

Organizing your collections just got easier 📚 You can now select multiple collections and folders in the web app and either drag them into folders or delete them in bulk!

We’ve expanded our storage options. zeitkapsl.eu now offers 1 TB and 2 TB plans for anyone who needs more space to securely store and preserve their data long-term. Same focus on privacy, reliability, and simplicity — just more room. Check the updated plans at zeitkapsl.eu/en/#pricing

Folders / Sub collections can now be modified using Drag&Drop. TIL: #googlephotos can't do that. Thanks to @[email protected] for making this happen so fast :) As usual: fully #e2ee we can't see your folder nor collection names #degoogle #madeineu

While others offer dubious #blackfriday deals, we keep busy shipping features. Our text-based search 🔎 is already great, and albums help keep your memories organized. But many of you asked for one more thing: sub-folders. 👂 We heard you. They’re here. ✅ Feature #4 delivered this week. 🚀

While everyone is busy shouting about #BlackFriday, we’re shipping features. 🚀 Update 1.11.0 for Android & iOS is our third new feature this week: a clear overview of everything you can search: location, text, objects, years. And yep, all of it works through text search as well. 🔎 #e2ee

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati... Another daily reminder why #eu should focus on #digitalsovereignty . We are doing our part in providing an #e2ee #MadeInEU alternative to #googlephotos or #icloud #unplugtrump

Instead of dubious #blackfriday deals, we give you another cool feature: In the latest Android release (1.10.8), you can store images from any app (e.g. Signal, Firefox) directly into zeitkapsl and sync across all your devices. Stay tuned for more to come ;) #e2ee #degoogle #zeitkapsl