A social network that attracted attention last year for its strong privacy features has quietly disappeared from the Web.

The death of Syme, which appears to have gone offline some time in the past few months, is testimony that even in a booming market like social networking, there will be winners and losers.

Syme allowed its users to chat and share content over a fully encrypted network. The site launched not long after Edward Snowden blew the lid off the U.S. government’s aggressive surveillance tactics, which created an appetite for greater security and privacy on the Web.

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