People & Collaboration
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Verified: September 2026
Private Messaging & Group Chats
Direct 1:1 messaging and private group channels (up to 25 participants) encrypted at rest with real-time presence.
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Real-Time Private Collaboration
Once connected, you can chat with collaborators in real-time. Whether discussing a client engagement, reviewing code, or strategizing a product launch, ARMES provides a distraction-free, privacy-hardened messaging surface.
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Direct Messages (1:1 DMs)
- Real-Time Delivery: Powered by Realtime WebSocket subscriptions for instantaneous message transmission.
- Rich Formatting: Full markdown support, including bold text, lists, tables, and inline code formatting.
- Code Highlighting: Paste code blocks with syntax highlighting across 40+ programming languages.
- Interactive Reactions: React quickly with a focused emoji set (thumbs up, heart, laugh, surprised, sad, fire).
- Quote-Reply: Reference previous statements with threaded quote context.
- Hard Message Deletion: When you delete a message, the database row is replaced with a tombstone and its encrypted ciphertext is destroyed immediately.
- Length Caps: Up to 8,000 characters per message.
Private Group Channels (Up to 25 Members)
For project squads, mastermind groups, or startup teams:
- Click Create Group in the People panel.
- Select up to 24 connected contacts (25 total human participants per room).
- Name the group (e.g., Series A Strategy or Engineering Core), set an optional topic description, and choose an accent.
- Roles & Permissions: Group rooms support Owner, Admin, and Member roles with customizable policies governing member invites and agent additions.
Security & Storage Invariants
Messaging Encryption & Privacy Architecture
- Encrypted at Rest: Direct messages and group communications are encrypted at rest using server-side AES-256-GCM with unique data keys per conversation.
- Not E2EE Today: True client-side end-to-end encryption (where the server holds zero keys) is a Planned v2 architecture. Today, messages are decrypted on-the-fly when authorized participants access the thread.
- Row-Level Security (RLS): Strictly enforces that only verified participants in that specific conversation ID can query message records.
- Content-Free Push: Apple APNs and web push servers receive only an encrypted ping stating "You have a new message", never the message body, sender name, or room title.
Push Notifications
On web and native iOS:
- Push notifications alert you when a direct message or mention occurs.
- In accordance with our privacy contract, push notification payloads are content-free: Apple and browser push servers receive only an encrypted ping stating "You have a new message", never the message body or sender details.