Is this safe? How anonymity actually works

Yes. You can send a tip without giving your name or any contact details. TypVault does not store your IP address, your device, or your browser fingerprint either.

What TypVault never asks for

Sending a tip does not need an account, an email address, or a phone number. You are never asked who you are.

What TypVault never stores

Your IP address is not stored. Your device and browser fingerprint are not stored either. TypVault does not know if you used an iPhone or an Android, Safari or Chrome. Neither does anyone who comes looking later.

Information that was never stored cannot be handed to anyone. Your tip code is the only thing that connects you to your tip.

Why this is deliberate

This gap is built into the system. It is not a setting someone chose to leave off. TypVault does not capture these signals and then decide not to use them. It never captures them in the first place. There is nothing on file to expose, and nothing to hand over if anyone asks.

The one exception

Your IP address is not logged when you submit a tip. But at a different layer, the company that runs the servers briefly records the address your connection comes from. This happens at the network edge, before your tip ever reaches TypVault.

This is a standard safeguard. It helps block abuse and attacks that try to overload the service, and it routes your request to the right place. It is a platform default that cannot be switched off.

That record is discarded within about an hour. It is never exported, and it is never linked to your tip. It is a security guardrail, not surveillance.

What’s still up to you

These protections cover the signals around your tip, not the words inside it. If you write your own name, address, or other identifying details into your tip, that becomes part of what you sent. Write only what you want your program to know.

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• Anonymity, in full
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• Before you begin

If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911 directly.