Senior iOS Engineer & founder of Dro1d Labs. Building privacy-focused, on-device tools for Apple platforms since 2010.
- Privacy & Security: Core security tools are fully on‑device - zero cloud, zero telemetry, zero backend dependency.
- Nu11VLT: Zero-knowledge vault for secure media and encrypted notes.
- NuDefndr: On-device media scanning for explicit content.
- Defndr: Machine learning-driven SMS filtering and spam protection.
- Interactive Media: "App-Books" (NullKit) bridging software and content experiences.
- 2025–Present: Expansion into interactive media, gaming, and publishing.
- 2020–2024: Shipped Defndr (ML SMS filtering) and NuDefndr (media scanning).
- 2014–2019: Android system modding, root-level privacy toolkits, low-level security experiments.
- 2011–2013: Early App Store apps: Fact File (App ID: 406480795) and several viral soundboards.
- 2010: Started iOS engineering (Objective-C).
- Email: jethro [at] riseup [dot] net
- Location: 📍 Bangkok / Dublin
“The archive doesn't lie: Rejected soundboards, Objective-C experiments, and the 2011 origins of my 'No Internet Required' philosophy.”