Lok – Comparison
The data big tech companies have on you compared to Lok Sometimes a voice in the back of your head might ask you, “How much does Google know about me?” Usually the answer is uncomfortable. Is it your fault that Google or other giant tech companies have almost all your...
Lok – A Clean Social Media App
Lok is Clean - in both Design and Content “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry When you launch an app for the first time, what is the first thing that comes to mind?...
Lok Principles – Productivity
Get More (and not Less) Done with Social Media Social Media Looks like a Time Drain... Since the advent of social media (and more recently, since the emergence of COVID-19), folks are increasingly interacting with each other online. We can see peoples’ activities at a...
Lok Principles – Censorship
Smoke and Mirrors: The Current State of "Freedom" on the Internet Social media platforms have revolutionized our interaction between traditional social, political and geographical divisions. Where earlier gatekeepers have mitigated and mediated access to mass media...
Lok Principles – Privacy
Privacy Lost: the Societal and Individual Consequences of Poor Data Security Concerns about privacy in social media have risen at a dramatic rate in the recent years. Rightfully so. Data breach incidents have alarmed many everyday social media users to rethink their...
Lok – User’s guide
Lok is an app created by an ex-Facebook engineer to solve a simple, yet persistent issue in social networking apps today: data security and privacy. Our permanently-free app enables you to intuitively and safely connect with those you care most about in a focused way....