Newsletter December 2018


SnowHaze Newsletter Hi, This year slowly comes to an end. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and to look back at a very moving year. Without your continuous interest and support, SnowHaze would have never made it that far. The entire SnowHaze team wants to thank you very much. 2019 holds many significant steps for the future of SnowHaze, like the release of SnowHaze on Android and the VPN on all platforms! Next year too we are counting on you to make the next step toward a more secure internet where you have full control over your data. In this newsletter, we’ll also look deeper into a SnowHaze feature and give you tips on how to make your PC more secure. Please take a few minutes to share SnowHaze with your friends and let us know what you like or what needs improvement. You can contact us anytime via email or Wire. Take care and see you next year, Jan, Yvan, Dominique, Andris and Pascal
Highlight 2018: SnowHaze @ Web Summit Web Summit started with an overwhelming opening. On-site we were pitching, we were part of a panel discussion, and of course, we had hundreds of interesting talks with other attendees. Each night the event was extended during Night Summit and at the Swiss gatherings where we met other Swiss startups and chatted with the Swiss ambassador in Portugal. Many existing and future user’s found the way to our stand, where we had the opportunity to talk about a more private internet. See you next year😊
SnowHaze in 2019 The development of SnowHaze on Android proved to be harder as we first imagined. Because of several more significant compatibility bugs, we were forced to delay the release of our Android version. The first goal next year is to finish and release this version in the first quarter. At the same time, we will launch SnowHaze VPN on all platforms. You will be able to use our Zero-Knowledge VPN on all your devices. We developed a new Zero-Knowledge protocol to guarantee that you can‘t be tracked, not even by us. We are really excited to be the only VPN service offering complete anonymity. We continue to improve our browser and need your feedback for doing so. Unlike most services, we don‘t track your every move with analytics tools. When we promise data protection, we really mean it. That‘s why we want to know what you like, which new features you want and where we can improve.
Thank you for your great browser. I am impressed by the speed of the VPN. – SnowHaze user
SnowHaze Tip: Allow Ads Some websites recognize your Adblocker and refuse to display content unless you turn it off. That’s when SnowHaze’s page settings come very handy. Instead of turning off your Adblocker globally, you can turn it off just for that site. Tap on the color shield on the top left next to the search bar. You will see a menu on which you can alter settings for that site only without affecting other pages. Make all the changes you wish. You will see the shield on the bottom change color depending on how your privacy level is affected by the changes. When you are done, you can either perform the changes temporarily (tap on Try out) or permanently (tap on Apply). Next time you visit the same page, this change will still be active if you chose to apply it permanently.
We created a short guide for privacy and security on Firefox. You can get similar privacy as with SnowHaze on your PC. There exist different add-ons to protect from annoying ads, invasive scripts and unique fingerprinting. We guide you through the various extensions and give you recommendations on how to configure it. It’s a bit more effort than with SnowHaze, but your data definitely deserves this protection. Read the guide on our blog.
Share SnowHaze The best support is to spread SnowHaze with your friends. Let your loved ones know that it is easier than ever to protect their data.
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SnowHaze Newsletter

Hi,

This year slowly comes to an end. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and to look back at a very moving year. Without your continuous interest and support, SnowHaze would have never made it that far. The entire SnowHaze team wants to thank you very much.

2019 holds many significant steps for the future of SnowHaze, like the release of SnowHaze on Android and the VPN on all platforms! Next year too we are counting on you to make the next step toward a more secure internet where you have full control over your data.

In this newsletter, we’ll also look deeper into a SnowHaze feature and give you tips on how to make your PC more secure.

Please take a few minutes to share SnowHaze with your friends and let us know what you like or what needs improvement. You can contact us anytime via email or Wire.

Take care and see you next year,

Jan, Yvan, Dominique, Andris and Pascal

Highlight 2018: SnowHaze @ Web Summit

Web Summit started with an overwhelming opening. On-site we were pitching, we were part of a panel discussion, and of course, we had hundreds of interesting talks with other attendees. Each night the event was extended during Night Summit and at the Swiss gatherings where we met other Swiss startups and chatted with the Swiss ambassador in Portugal. Many existing and future user’s found the way to our stand, where we had the opportunity to talk about a more private internet. See you next year😊

SnowHaze in 2019

The development of SnowHaze on Android proved to be harder as we first imagined. Because of several more significant compatibility bugs, we were forced to delay the release of our Android version. The first goal next year is to finish and release this version in the first quarter. At the same time, we will launch SnowHaze VPN on all platforms. You will be able to use our Zero-Knowledge VPN on all your devices. We developed a new Zero-Knowledge protocol to guarantee that you can‘t be tracked, not even by us. We are really excited to be the only VPN service offering complete anonymity.

We continue to improve our browser and need your feedback for doing so. Unlike most services, we don‘t track your every move with analytics tools. When we promise data protection, we really mean it. That‘s why we want to know what you like, which new features you want and where we can improve.

Thank you for your great browser. I am impressed by the speed of the VPN.

– SnowHaze user

SnowHaze Tip: Allow Ads

Some websites recognize your Adblocker and refuse to display content unless you turn it off. That’s when SnowHaze’s page settings come very handy. Instead of turning off your Adblocker globally, you can turn it off just for that site. Tap on the color shield on the top left next to the search bar. You will see a menu on which you can alter settings for that site only without affecting other pages.

Make all the changes you wish. You will see the shield on the bottom change color depending on how your privacy level is affected by the changes. When you are done, you can either perform the changes temporarily (tap on Try out) or permanently (tap on Apply). Next time you visit the same page, this change will still be active if you chose to apply it permanently.

We created a short guide for privacy and security on Firefox. You can get similar privacy as with SnowHaze on your PC. There exist different add-ons to protect from annoying ads, invasive scripts and unique fingerprinting. We guide you through the various extensions and give you recommendations on how to configure it. It’s a bit more effort than with SnowHaze, but your data definitely deserves this protection. Read the guide on our blog.