From USOM

Roadmap

What we want to build next, listed in our current order of priority. It is not a promise, and both the order and the timing can change.

  1. 1

    ConsideringDummy personas

    Give a disposable address a matching disposable name and reading. You can fill in a sign-up form without your real name, and avoid later marketing DMs. The persona is tied to the address and stays fixed, so it is the same person the next time you open it. Whether to also generate a date of birth or an address is something we will weigh carefully.

  2. 2

    ConsideringBrowser extension

    Issue a receiving-only address without leaving the sign-up form, and show the verification code as it arrives. Planned for Chrome / Edge / Firefox.

  3. 3

    PlannedMail forwarding (relay)

    Keep mail stored in USOM while also forwarding it to your own address, verified through Google sign-in. We are currently finishing the delivery infrastructure.

  4. 4

    ConsideringCustom domains

    Let you choose from several receiving domains other than kwonwe.com. Setups where an organization brings its own domain are planned as an Enterprise feature.

  5. 5

    IdeaQR display of an address

    Show an issued address as a QR code to hand it to another device more easily. This is a lower priority.

PAST

Past changes

The main changes on the way to what USOM Mail is today.

Origin

  • Origin
    The “10-minute mail” idea

    It started from the idea of an anonymous inbox you could use for just 10 minutes.

Building the foundation

  • For people
    Moving to an account model

    We dropped the single-use 10 minutes and moved to a form where you can manage several addresses and received mail for a set period. You can still use it anonymously and link Google later.

  • Foundation
    Encryption of received mail at rest

    The body, subject and sender are stored encrypted with a per-address key using AES-256-GCM. The policy is to never keep them in plaintext.

  • Foundation
    Secret-sharing of the encryption key

    The key is split into 4 shares with Shamir secret sharing (2 reconstruct it). The design never stores the assembled key.

Widening

  • For agents
    Agent Identity Mailbox

    AI agents can buy an address with an MPP payment and check received mail from a remote MCP server.

  • Brand
    USOM arrives

    USOM, the envelope with a face, appears across the site and the app.

  • For people
    Five color themes

    Standard, Midnight, Honky-tonk, Forest and Sakura. Saved per device.

  • Foundation
    Account deletion (30-day grace period)

    A soft delete that gives you 30 days to cancel before the account is permanently removed.

  • For people
    Shared viewing

    Share your inbox read-only with someone you invite. Meant for checking mail with family or a team.

Now

  • Brand
    USOM released under CC BY 4.0

    The USOM artwork and its implementation code are free to use (/usom).

  • Foundation
    Security design page

    A written statement of what we protect and where that protection does not yet reach (/security).

  • For people
    iPhone app (coming soon)

    The same inbox as the browser version, as a native app. Preparing for App Store submission (/ios).

Things already shipped go into the history of changes, and anything that affects price goes into Pricing. Send requests to Contact.