Frequently Asked Questions

  • The BUSINESS:

    Apostrophy is a Swiss mobile tech company that prioritises personal data sovereignty.

    The increasing European stance on data use is leading-edge, and Switzerland leads the world in the convergence of law and tech in this space. The location of Apostrophy is intentional: It speaks to the company’s commitment to policies that cannot be met in Silicon Valley or any other location that has not integrated its laws and technology to meet the needs of the people.

    The SOLUTION:

    Apostrophy is a combination of a secure mobile operating system (AphyOS) and a set of back-end personal information management and security services. The service hardware and operations are all managed within Switzerland by a team of security experts.

    A large part of the OS and the back-end services build upon the accomplishments of the open source software community.

  • There are several reasons why Apostrophy is named and spelled the way it is. Here are just two of the reasons why:

    1 - In certain languages the apostrophe shows possession -- part of the Apostrophy mission is to let people get back to owning their privacy.

    2 - In certain languages, the "Y" is often considered a semivowel (recall grade school) -- this super power (bifurcation) of the the letter Y mimics the dual regions (Domus and Piazza) that the AphyOS purports. The Domus represents the "home" and the feeling of being safe within ones home. The Piazza represents the "public space" one enters yet can still feel safe knowing that the AphyOS is giving you optimal opportunity to protect your data from being surreptitiously taken - it represents "choice".

  • The name "AphyOS" came about as a shortened version of its parent "Apostrophy". Further, it was meant to simplify the on-device naming convention used for Software Version control.

  • "aphy.io" is the main URL used to designate an Apostrophy user.

    Apostrophy is a set of secure services that include both the mobile OS (AphyOS) and the backend services (e.g. Aphy Email, VPN, Secure Storage, Secure Calendar, Notes, To-Do Lists, to name a few).