Who writes the Ghost blog
Articles on this blog are published by the Elvento Labs Editorial Team. Elvento Labs builds Ghost, an app for sending SMS without revealing your personal phone number. We write about phone number privacy, SMS scams and security, and practical messaging for people who text strangers, customers, and clients.
Our commercial interest
Ghost is our product, and our guides mention it where it is relevant. Every article carries a disclosure saying so. When another tool or approach suits a need better — a carrier setting, a platform's own safety feature, an authenticator app, a lawyer — we say that too.
Comparisons with other apps are based on their publicly documented features and policies at the time of writing. Features and prices change; check the provider's own site before deciding.
How we research
We work from primary sources wherever they exist: government consumer-protection agencies such as the FTC, FCC, CISA, and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center; standards bodies such as NIST; statutes; and the official documentation of carriers, phone makers, and platforms. We link to those sources in the article so you can check them yourself.
We do not publish statistics we cannot attribute. Where a number appears, its source is linked; where no reliable figure exists, we describe the trend in words instead of inventing one.
Examples and scenarios
Example messages and scenarios are illustrative, written to show a pattern — for instance, what a toll or delivery scam text typically looks like. They are not quotes from real people. Example phone numbers use the 555-0100 to 555-0199 range reserved for fictional use, and links inside example scam messages are never clickable.
Legal and security topics
Articles touching legal or security topics are checked against the sources they cite before publication. They are general information, not legal advice: laws differ between countries and states and change over time. If you are dealing with harassment, fraud, or a legal dispute, contact the relevant authority or a qualified lawyer.
We do not publish guidance intended to help anyone harass, impersonate, deceive, or evade someone who has chosen not to be contacted. Privacy tools are for protecting yourself, not for targeting others.
Use of AI tools
We use AI tools to help research and draft articles. What we publish is held to the standards on this page — primary-source citations, no unattributed statistics, no invented experiences or testimonials — and the Editorial Team is accountable for every article under its name.
Corrections and updates
If you find an error, email info@elvento.com with the article link and what needs correcting. We fix confirmed errors promptly. When an article is materially re-reviewed after publication, it shows a “Last reviewed” date next to the publish date — we only show that date when a review actually happened.