Last updated 2026-11-06.
Ripple is a Chrome extension that links two browsers so two people can send each other short messages, doodles and voice notes. This page explains what data Ripple handles and why.
Everything you send is encrypted in your browser (AES-256-GCM) with a key that only you and the person you paired with hold. The key is part of the invite string and is never sent to our servers. The relay passes encrypted messages between the two of you and cannot read them. It does not store them: a message that cannot be delivered right away is dropped.
The relay does see, for each message: an identifier for your channel (a hash of the key, not the key itself), the size of the encrypted message, when it was sent, and the network addresses involved. For channels on the free plan it keeps a count of messages sent that day.
To show the ripple on whatever page you are looking at, Ripple runs a script on web pages. That script draws on top of the page and does not read, collect or send any of the page's content or your browsing history.
Ripple uses the microphone only while you are recording a voice note, after you press Voice. The recording is encrypted and sent to your peer like any other message.
You can use Ripple without an account. If you sign in with Google, we receive your account ID, name and verified email address. We use them only to know which plan you are on, and we keep a record of any Pro purchase or redeemed code against your account ID.
Ripple Pro is sold through Stripe. Stripe collects your payment details under its own privacy policy; we receive only a confirmation that the payment went through, linked to your account ID.
Your pairing key, settings, sign-in token and the 30 most recent messages are kept in your browser's extension storage. Unpairing deletes the key and the message history. Removing the extension deletes all of it.
We do not sell or share your data, show ads, or use your data for anything other than running Ripple. We do not use analytics or tracking.
Server logs are kept for at most 7 days. Account and purchase records are kept while you use Ripple Pro. To have your account record deleted, or for any question about this policy, contact the contact address on the Chrome Web Store listing.