Keys and encryption stay in your browser—chats are not stored or read in the clear on a server. Messages are end-to-end locked: even with a copy of the scrambled traffic, nobody can read it without the keys held by you and the people you invite.

Reload or close the tab and you lose this session—we don’t keep chats or room access on any server. If you were the one who created the link, a fresh load won’t quietly make you host again: you’d show up like any new joiner, and you can’t approve your own request. Only the link creator can admit people—other members in the room cannot—so if no link-creator session is left after a reload, no one can let you back in; you would need a new invite link.

P2P chat: after someone joins, messages go directly between peers. The private.biocrypt.net relay is only for join and approval — not for chat.