WeCript: Next Indian competitor to Google, provides safe & pvt browsing to internet users
I don’t believe in representing a single community, I don't want to be under a category and known because of my community, says The Karn, sKarn Robotics founder on why he don’t prefer to add surname to his name
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You must have come across a situation when you are being shown the advertisement of products you were just browsing or searching! The song you were just discussing with your friends in a group chat must have just showed up in your YouTube recommendations. If you think these are just mere coincidences, you are mistaken. Are we being kept a track of? That was the question which had kept The Karn haunting and eventually prompted him to come up with a home-grown search engine that is safe, secure and promises to comply with all privacy policies and protects against data sharing and leakage.
Speaking to Bizz Buzz exclusively, The Karn, founder and CTO of sKarn Robotics and WeCript, shares his entrepreneurial journey and how he developed this Indian search engine that promises to be a game changer
First and the most obvious question - why do you chose to add 'the' to your name, rather than your own surname?
I do not believe in representing a single community, I don't want to be under a category and known because of my community. I advocate social equality and believe in equal status and opportunities under the law for all people regardless of gender, ethnicity, origin, caste or class, income, language, religion, convictions or opinions'.
What was the trigger behind floating your own company and in which areas does the fledgling company operate in?
I always wanted to develop various technological products that will change the way people use the internet while protecting their privacy in a new form of advanced technology products. I always wanted to equip India with its own talent and helping out various people to come over with great ideas and innovations. A startup that secures one from cyber threats is one of the top debating topics of this generation. Ironically however, the technologies we are addicted to are mostly born outside India. I wanted to bring on table for every Indians technologies developed by Indians in India and which will be of same quality and standard.
WeCript is a secure Indian search engine launched by sKarn Robotics to provide a safe and secure search experience to internet users. We also have variety of other apps and tech products and other sophisticated tech equipment which are the necessities of this modern world and which amply take care of individual's privacy.
But why a search engine, as a starter, when some of the biggest players already in this field?
Safety is a priority for every citizen. But with new policies and search engines, internet users' data is often being allegedly leaked, misused, sold and shared. The safety and security of personal information is no longer guaranteed by most search engines. We wanted to provide a highly secure search engine that complies with all privacy policies and protects against data sharing and leakage, WeCript is an advanced search engine that does not share and sell your data with third parties. We are working tirelessly for better inventions and to make India a global leader in this area, in particular and in other areas.
So what is your current product portfolio like?
We have a strong product portfolio of WeCript search engine, WeCript browser, WeCript messenger, and WeCrypt photo editor. We aim to ensure data protection and privacy for users; serving right and relevant results across the web through our WeCript products.
At sKarn our mission is to provide protection and security to our users through our privacy-focused products and services. We believe in what customer experience means and always try to ensure that we achieve customer compliance. We aim to make communication and surfing safe and private and continuously commit ourselves to the ongoing improvement of the services we provide to our users.
How did the pandemic period go for a startup like yours?
Unlike many large industries, which cut their employees' salaries and adhered to firing employees during Covid situations, we decided to support people in the form of salaries, employment offers and other medical benefits during the entire period. We may not have focussed on product selling during this time that much, but we thought this was the right time to concentrate on product development and that's what we did.
Data privacy and security are two essential components of our business strategy along with constantly analysing our performance and drawing up appropriate plans of action in response to any situation. Our business strategy is very simple: we work towards giving users private and secure online experience. And that's what we have been doing successfully. All our products demonstrate quintessential design, a classic and standard platform with new and enticing features.
Could you throw some more light on WeCript search engine and search app, which is like your flagship product?
We share our information with so many websites and apps everyday. Just as we allow cookies from a website and as we allow apps to access our gallery location and contacts, we are being kept a track of. All this data which we unknowingly share by typing keywords making search and everything on existing search engines, is being used by big companies and corporations, which will use this data in order to provide us products according to our interests. Sometimes we wonder how harmful this is.
But the real question in your mind should be about, why would they invade our privacy for this? We don't even realise how quickly data is shared and the information about our everyday lives is revealed without our knowledge.
Keeping all these factors in mind, WeCript allows you to search all your favourite websites with complete anonymity. It's easy-to-use interface comes with the ability to keep your search safe and secure from the world without leaving a trace of any history, cookies traces, cache, tabs, etc. by default. When you exit WeCript, all data and history get removed automatically.
What about WeCript – Incognito web browser?
WeCript – Incognito web browser is a free app for android users with the best of features created to give you a safe, anonymous, and fast browsing experience. When you switch to incognito mode, you can explore the web in private and hide your browsing history, favourites, downloads from the world. The moment you exit from the app, all your browsing history gets deleted.