- 01NearbyA rotating code lets Kipat phones find each other.
- 02TouchHold two phones together.
- 03MutualBoth see each other’s profile — or nothing happens.
Kipat
Digital identity & NFC experiences
“Touch phones. See who you just met.”
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- In-house product
- Status
- Private alpha, by invitation
- Platform
- Android app & web
- Scope
- Product design, mobile & web engineering
01
The idea
Swapping details with someone you have just met still means typing names, scanning codes or waiting for a follow-back. Kipat reduces the exchange to one gesture: hold two phones together, and both people see who they just met.
02
The experience
Both people see each other’s profile at the same moment — no typing, no scanning, nothing to confirm. A swap completes only when both phones have each other’s profile, and each person chooses exactly what is public. There is deliberately no chat, no public directory and no search.
03
The engineering
Local-first: profiles, connections and cards stay on the phone. Nearby discovery uses a random Bluetooth code that changes every ten minutes and carries no name or id. NFC cards hold only a random id and a signature from a key kept in the phone’s secure hardware, so copies can be detected. No advertising, analytics or tracking code.