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Crypton.sh Service Update - Restoration and Investigation Notice

Crypton.sh, a service providing secure phone numbers for SMS receiving and sending, is pleased to announce that we have restored our services at a new hosting location. This follows the t...
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Jun 18, 2025
2 min read

We Now Collect Billing Addresses for Card Payments

We're making a change to our credit card payment process. For a privacy-focused service, this needs explanation, here's why it's necessary and how your anonymity remains protected.
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Oct 11, 2025
5 min read

Postmortem: Crypton.sh Service Disruption and Restoration

On June 16, 2025, Crypton.sh went completely offline following the unannounced physical seizure of its primary dedicated server by Icelandic authorities. The action was part of a U.S.-led international investigation into the darknet marketplace "Archetyp". The server was identified as one of at least two machines in Iceland that had been misused by individuals connected to that marketplace.
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Nov 20, 2025
3 min read

New SMS Content Filter & Rate Limits

We've introduced LLM-powered message filtering and rate limits to combat abuse. Your messages stay encrypted, nothing is stored, and our self-hosted open-source AI keeps everything private. Legitimate users won't notice a difference.
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Jan 17, 2026
4 min read

Introducing Rental Types: Short-Term and Long-Term Phone Numbers

We're excited to announce a major upgrade to Crypton's phone number rental service! We've introduced two distinct rental types to better serve different use cases: Short-Term and Long-Term rentals. This change gives you more control, transparency, and the right infrastructure for your specific needs.
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Jan 23, 2026
6 min read

Update on short-term SMS routing

We’re very sorry. A mistake on our side meant that, in some cases, text messages could be matched to the wrong phone line behind the scenes. That could show up as a message not arriving, a verification code failing, or something looking “off” in diagnostics, even when your own connection was fine.
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Apr 03, 2026
2 min read