Military-grade privacy
AURA combines post-quantum cryptography with an autonomous threat analyzer. It provides hardened coordination for defense and response, absolute secrecy for everyday life, and local security for children, safeguarding them from manipulation, pressure, or any propaganda.
Your privacy is guaranteed at the architectural level. AURA's cryptographic protocols technically prevent any access to message content by anyone other than you and your recipient. We guarantee that your data will never be shared with third parties — this is a fundamental commitment that remains unchanged forever.
Modes
One messenger that adapts to your needs. Personal guarantees absolute secrecy for everyday conversations. Kids creates a safe digital environment for children without interfering with their privacy. Military implements the strictest protocols for professional coordination and data protection.
AURA.personal
ABSOLUTE / SECRECY FOR / PRIVATE LIFE
Private life
AURA.kids
ON-DEVICE / PROTECTION / FOR CHILDREN
Families
AURA.military
HARDENED / PROTOCOLS / FOR DEFENSE
Defense · response
(AURA.Kids)
AURA.Kids is an autonomous safety system built directly into the messenger. It locally analyzes communication patterns, recognizes manipulation or hidden threats, and reacts instantly before psychological harm occurs.
Seven detectors run in parallel on the device. All analysis happens locally — we do not send your children's conversations to servers for moderation.
Safety system
AURA doesn't just scan for keywords — it understands the context of the conversation. Seven detectors work simultaneously to identify danger where a child might not notice it.
AURA.KidsSafety system7 detectors · parallel
Each detector has a narrow job. Together they form a local risk model that can slow, warn, restrict, or escalate before harm compounds.
It starts with "Hey, you're really pretty." Then "This is our secret." Then "Send me a photo." Your child doesn't recognize the script. AURA.Kids recognizes it from the first message and blocks the contact before the conversation goes further.
Not one insult. Not one argument. Every single day - exclusion, public humiliation, cruel screenshots. Your child stays silent out of shame. AURA.Kids sees the pattern where adults see "kids being kids" - and alerts you.
"If you were a real friend, you'd do this." "You're too sensitive." "You'd be nothing without me." Your child doesn't know this is manipulation. AURA.Kids recognizes these tactics and gives them back a sense of control.
There are conversations your child will never show you. When topics of pain, hopelessness, or dangerous urges appear in chat - AURA.Kids immediately offers crisis support and alerts you. Seconds matter.
"Send a photo - or I'll show everyone our chat." Your child is panicking, ashamed, doesn't know who to turn to. AURA.Kids recognizes blackmail and extortion instantly - blocks the send and protects them from acting under pressure.
Dozens of unknown accounts flood the chat at once. Insults, threats, a wall of messages. Your child is confused and scared. AURA.Kids detects the coordinated attack within seconds and blocks participants automatically.
Your child suddenly started texting at 2 AM. A new contact that wasn't there before. A sharp change in habits. You're asleep - and you don't know. AURA.Kids doesn't sleep. It flags behavioral anomalies and warns you when something changes.
Critical protection
When conversation shows signs of crisis - despair, hopelessness, goodbyes - the technology instantly generates a detailed report and sends it to parents. You'll know first.
How the messenger responds
From a gentle warning to instant parent notification.
Warns your child before sending personal data or photos.
Warns before showing a potentially dangerous incoming message.
Blurs shocking content - your child sees it only after a conscious tap.
Checks suspicious links before they open.
Suggests blocking a dangerous contact when risk persists.
Suggests reporting a violator through the safe path.
Limits strangers' ability to message your child.
Slows the chat during aggressive arguments - gives time to think.
Shows crisis support contacts at a critical moment.
Instantly notifies parents of a critical threat.
Compare
A public-claim comparison against the messengers people usually use as a benchmark. The table separates live defaults, optional modes, published specs, and AURA roadmap items instead of flattening everything into yes/no.
Evidence matrix
Competitor rows are based on official security pages, protocol documents, and public repositories. AURA rows reflect the current product architecture and roadmap until the public client/server release is live.
| Feature | AURA | Signal | Telegram | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default private-chat encryption model | E2EE by design | E2EE by default | E2EE by default | Cloud by default; Secret Chats E2EE |
| Post-quantum handshake | ✓ML-KEM-768 hybrid layer | ✓PQXDH for session setup | -No public rollout found | -No public PQC spec found |
| Password-private sign-in (OPAQUE-class) | ✓OPAQUE aPAKE + KEM | -No public OPAQUE auth | -No public OPAQUE auth | -No public OPAQUE auth |
| On-device contextual safety runtime | ↻AURA Core · v1 | -No public equivalent | -No public equivalent | -No public equivalent |
| Open-source clients | ↻Not public yet | ✓ | - | ✓Apps + verifiable builds |
| Open-source server | ↻Not public yet | ✓Signal-Server repo | -Closed source | -Server code not published |
| Public protocol/spec audit trail | ↻Proof artifacts planned | ✓Specs, code, papers | ◐Whitepaper + audits; app closed | ◐MTProto docs; server closed |
| Defense-grade mode | ↻AURA.Military · v1 | -No dedicated public mode | -No dedicated public mode | -No dedicated public mode |
| Owned by | Independent | Non-profit | Meta | Telegram FZ-LLC |
Provenance
Every cryptographic claim on this page is anchored in a public Rust repository, a Tamarin or ProVerif model, or a game-based proof. This is where each one lives. If something on the site doesn't map to a file below, treat it as marketing - and tell us.
End-to-end message encryption
Zero-knowledge sign-in (OPAQUE)
On-device contextual safety runtime
Disclosure: AURA accepts coordinated security disclosures at security@aura.app. PGP key & policy in /security#disclosure.
Get AURA
Download AURA for iOS, follow the open-source crypto work, or reach out for a defense and response-team briefing.