How your vote stays private
We record when voting credentials are issued to your account, so the same account cannot get a second set for that poll. We don’t keep the answer you picked next to your account, and poll results show combined totals.
Each eligible account can vote once per poll
Before issuing voting credentials, the app checks that your account is allowed to take part. It limits each account to one set of voting credentials for that poll. This does not prove that different accounts belong to different people.
We also don’t turn public opinion into a public list of who chose what. The result is protected, and so is the person answering.
What happens when you vote
- We check you can vote
The app confirms you’re signed in and that this poll is open to you.
- We issue permission to vote once
We record when voting credentials are issued to your account. The same account cannot get a second set for that poll.
- Your answer travels on its own
The answer you picked is sent separately from your account details.
- Accepted votes join the totals
When your vote is accepted, it joins the totals. Published results show how many votes each answer received, without listing who picked what.
Why we record voting permission
We record that your account received voting credentials, so it cannot receive a second set for the same poll. That record does not tell us whether your vote was accepted. If sending is interrupted, the app checks the outcome instead of treating the permission record as proof that you voted.
One check isn’t enough on its own, so we also look at account history, confirmed email and phone numbers, device and traffic patterns, how fast votes arrive, and reports from other people. When activity looks fake or coordinated, we slow it down, stop it or send it to a person to review.
Why both matter
People need privacy to answer honestly, and readers need safeguards against duplicate votes and automated abuse. Bynesh keeps answers separate from account details and limits voting per account. These safeguards do not guarantee that every account is a different person or that all manipulation is detected.
What this doesn’t mean
Bynesh is a public opinion app. It isn’t an official election system, and it isn’t an anonymity network: we keep participation records separate from the answers in the totals. Totals and changes between results can still reveal information about how someone voted. How we protect a result explains how to read a result and what it can’t tell you.