This is a provenance-led public record. It brings together reporting, interviews, technical analysis, institutional documents and first-party materials concerning Paweł Makowski, UseCrypt and the Bringing Privacy Back mission. Inclusion does not mean that every source is independent or that every historical product claim remains current.
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How the evidence is classified
- Independent editorial source: reporting produced by an outside newsroom.
- Interview: an outside publication records Makowski’s own statements; useful for what he said and believed, but not independent proof of every claim.
- Primary record: a corporate filing, patent record, institutional programme or original technical document.
- Technical review: a test or analysis limited to its date, version, platform and scope.
- First-party source: an official explanation by UseCrypt or Bringing Privacy Back.
- Press release or syndication: evidence that a statement was publicly distributed, not that the host publisher independently verified it.
Paweł Makowski: life, work and public ideas
- Plejada: long-form interview with Paweł Makowski — an editorial interview covering his childhood in Winnica, early physical work, entrepreneurship, privacy and family.
- ArtDaily: Polish Art Now at the Saatchi Gallery — an international record identifying Makowski as an Abbey House founder and quoting him about promoting Polish contemporary art.
- Parkiet: Art & Business and the public-market chapter — business reporting on Makowski, Abbey House and the magazine.
- YouTube: “Artoholicy — Art & Business Magazine S.A.” — an archived trace of the magazine’s video and community format.
- YouTube: Andrzej Wajda exhibition coverage by Art & Business — an example of the title’s cultural-event video output.
- Puls Biznesu: Wojciech Fibak and Abbey House — editorial reporting that records both ambition and contemporary market criticism.
- Forsal: profile of Makowski and the Abbey House model.
- Solidarność magazine interview — an early public record of Makowski’s argument that personal data had become a commodity.
- Plejada: interview on Social Capitalism — evidence of the historical development of the idea; it does not prove that every mechanism discussed in 2022 is available today.
Abbey House, ARTnews and the Peter Brant transaction
- Artnet News: the 2014 ARTnews acquisition — contemporaneous reporting on Skate Capital, Abbey House and the 51% controlling interest.
- Los Angeles Times: ARTnews leadership and Abbey House — reports that Abbey House would take the ARTnews name and describes the purchase structure.
- Independent auditor’s report for the ARTNEWS S.A. group for 2014 — a primary record identifying Makowski as supervisory-board chair at the beginning of 2014 and documenting acquired companies.
- EBI: Paweł Makowski’s resignation from the supervisory board — the statement was dated 8 September 2014 and received by the company on 9 September 2014.
- KRS-derived corporate history — shows the registry record of Makowski’s supervisory role ending on 3 March 2015; this is the registry-disclosure date, not the date of the resignation statement.
- The Art Newspaper: ARTnews and Art in America join forces — reports the 2015 transaction that made Peter Brant’s company the controlling shareholder.
- Artnet News: Peter Brant assumes full control in 2016.
- Penske Media: acquisition of ARTnews, Art in America, The Magazine ANTIQUES and MODERN in 2018 — the later ownership chapter.
UseCrypt: technology, patents and external scrutiny
- UseCrypt Technology — the first-party architecture explanation.
- UseCrypt Patents — the first-party index linked to public patent records.
- UseCrypt Security Reviews — an evidence register stating dates and limitations.
- AVLab: assessment of UseCrypt Messenger iOS 2.34 — a historical test of a defined version and platform, not a permanent certificate for later releases.
- AVLab: mobile messengers in defined attack scenarios.
- AVLab: UseCrypt Safe architecture, strengths and limitations — a 2019 technical analysis.
- Rzeczpospolita / Cyfrowa: international development and Plus distribution.
- WirtualneMedia: Mitch Lowe, UseCrypt and Makowski’s role.
- UseCrypt / Nasdaq interview — Jakub Kokoszka, not Makowski, represented UseCrypt in the Nasdaq interview.
- Yahoo Finance Video: Jakub Kokoszka, Co-Founder of UseCrypt — dated 25 May 2018 and focused on data privacy after the Cambridge Analytica scandal; evidence of UseCrypt’s international media visibility, not a personal Makowski appearance.
Institutional and professional records
- Business Centre Club: official list of European Medal laureates — lists UseCrypt S.A.
- Polish Hospital Federation programme — records Makowski as a speaker on securing medical data.
- DZP legal opinion published by the Polish Hospital Federation — legal analysis based on company-provided materials; explicitly not an IT security audit.
International distribution and Social Capitalism
- The Ritz Herald: “Upgrade Your Online Status From User to Shareholder” — useful for tracing the phrase; promotional material, not proof of current shareholder rights.
- GlobeNewswire: UseCrypt Nation announcement — the original distributed press release.
- Yahoo Finance copy of the GlobeNewswire release — evidence of syndication, not an independent Yahoo endorsement.
Partner and press materials
- Wysokie Obcasy: “UseCrypt — Bringing privacy back” — labelled partner material; evidence of reach and historical brand communication, not independent validation.
- MamStartup: UseCrypt and AmCham — explicitly a press release; useful as a dated public trace.
Correction and update policy
A historical test supports only the tested version, platform and scenario. A patent documents an invention and granted claims; it does not prove that a product is invulnerable. A press-release syndication proves distribution, not independent endorsement. When a primary record conflicts with a later biography, the primary record takes precedence and the biography is corrected.
Prepared by the UseCrypt Editorial Team. Last substantive review: 29 September 2026.