Beacon by Milkweed

Some messages are too important to leave to chance, and too heavy to send too soon. Beacon holds one message for you and delivers it only if you can no longer send it yourself.

Here is how it works.

Write your message. Choose one person. Write what you need them to know — a location, an instruction, a goodbye, the name of a lawyer, where the documents are. Ad attachments if you need to.

Beacon checks in with you.

Once a day, Beacon asks if you are still here. Answering takes one tap. As long as you keep answering, nothing happens and no one is contacted.

If you stop answering, your message is delivered. If you miss your check-ins, Beacon delivers your message to the person you chose, exactly as you left it. Not a draft. Not a summary. The message you wrote, in your words.

You stay in control the whole time. Edit your message whenever you like. Pause Beacon when you are safe. Turn it off when you no longer need it. You decide who receives it, what it says, and how often Beacon checks in.

Who Beacon is for

Beacon was built for people who carry a message they hope they never have to send: someone facing detention, a person heading into surgery, a parent on a long deployment, an organizer at a demonstration, anyone whose safety is not guaranteed and who needs one person to know one thing if the worst happens.

Quiet by design

Beacon does not celebrate, upsell, or rush you. There are no badges, no streaks, no noise. It does one job, carefully: it keeps your message safe, and it speaks only when you cannot.

Private and secure

Your message is yours. Beacon stores it securely and delivers it only to the person you name, only under the conditions you set. We never sell your data. Read our full privacy policy at milkweed.foundation.

Beacon is a product of The Milkweed Foundation.

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