A few years ago, we (Tile.Expert, an online ceramics retailer in the EU) needed an internal tool to coordinate tasks and communicate asynchronously. Existing solutions lacked the security we required, so we built our own. It was strictly internal and unavailable to the public until recently, when we launched it as Remote.Team.

The core differentiator is verifiable end-to-end encryption. Unlike standard platforms that just use TLS and hold your data on their servers, our E2EE is client-side. You can verify that we physically cannot read your tasks or messages.

This architecture comes with strict technical trade-offs that users need to be aware of:

- Server-side search is impossible for encrypted content. - If all participants leave an encrypted chat, the data is permanently unrecoverable. - If you lose your device, account accessibility is compromised without backup keys. - We intentionally omitted audio/video calling features to maintain a strict focus on asynchronous messaging, recommending external services like Zoom for real-time calls.

We are sharing this to get feedback on our approach to E2EE in a B2B task management context.