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<p>We take security seriously at Waku and across the <ahref="https://free.technology/"target="_blank">Institute of Free Technology</a> and its affiliates.</p>
<p>Please report any security incidents via <ahref="mailto:security@free.technology"><ahref="mailto:security@free.technology"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer">security@free.technology</a></a>.</p>
<p>Please report any discovered vulnerabilities in our bounty programme at <ahref="https://hackenproof.com/ift"target="_blank">HackenProof</a> to help ensure our protocols and software remain secure.</p></div><footerclass="theme-doc-footer docusaurus-mt-lg"><divclass="row margin-top--sm theme-doc-footer-edit-meta-row"><divclass="col"><ahref="https://github.com/waku-org/docs.waku.org/tree/develop/docs/security.md"target="_blank"rel="noreferrer noopener"class="theme-edit-this-page"><divclass="icon_S7Kx m_thRi"><svgxmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"width="16"height="16"fill="none"viewBox="0 0 16 16"><pathfill="#fff"fill-rule="evenodd"d="m12.707 2.393.9.9c.526.52.526 1.367 0 1.887L4.787 14H2v-2.787l6.933-6.94 1.887-1.88c.52-.52 1.367-.52 1.887 0M3.333 12.667l.94.04 6.547-6.554-.94-.94-6.547 6.547z"clip-rule="evenodd"></path></svg></div><spanclass="lsd-typography lsd-typography--body2">Edit this page</span></a></div><divclass="col lastUpdated_JAkA"></div></div></footer></article><navclass="docusaurus-mt-lg pagination-nav"aria-label="Docs pages"></nav></div></div><divclass="gap1_XuuQ"></div></div></div></main></div></div></div><footerclass="footer"><divclass="container container-fluid firstRow_ar1q"><divclass="footer__bottom text--center"><divclass="margin-bottom--sm"><aclass="footerLogoLink_BH7S"href="/"><imgsrc="/theme/image/logo.svg"alt="Waku"class="themedImage_kfRS themedImage--light_BL8e footer__logo"width="22"><imgsrc="/theme/image/logo.svg"alt="Waku"class="themedImage_kfRS themedImage--dark_OvIx footer__logo"width="22"></a></div><divclass="footer__copyright">Waku</div></div><divclass="row footer__links"><divclass="theme-layout-footer-column col footer__col"><divclass="footer__title">Guides</div><ulclass="footer__items clean-list"><liclass="footer__item"><aclass="footer__link-item"href="/guides/nwaku/run-docker-compose">Run a Nwaku Node</a></li><liclass="footer__item"><aclass="footer__link-item"href="/guides/js-waku/">JavaScript Waku SDK</a></li></ul></div><divclass="theme-layout-footer-column col footer__col"><divclass="footer__title">Community</div><ulclass="footer__items clean-list"><liclass="footer__item"><ahref="https://twitter.com/waku_org/"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"class="footer__link-item">X<svgwidth="13.5"height="13.5"aria-hidden="true"class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><usehref="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><liclass="footer__item"><ahref="https://discord.waku.org/"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"class="footer__link-item">Discord<svgwidth="13.5"height="13.5"aria-hidden="true"class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><usehref="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><liclass="footer__item"><ahref="https://github.com/waku-org/"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"class="footer__link-item">GitHub<svgwidth="13.5"height="13.5"aria-hidden="true"class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><usehref="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><liclass="footer__item"><ahref="https://www.youtube.com/@wakuorg"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"class="footer__link-item">YouTube<svgwidth="13.5"height="13.5"aria-hidden="true"class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><usehref="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><liclass="footer__item"><ahref="https://www.linkedin.com/company/waku-org"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"class="footer__link-item">LinkedIn<svgwidth="13.5"height="13.5"aria-hidden="true"class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><usehref="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><liclass="footer__item"><ahref="https://warpcast.com/waku"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"class="footer__link-item">Farcaster<svgwidth="13.5"height="13.5"aria-hidden="true"class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><usehref="#theme-svg-external-link"></use></svg></a></li><liclass="footer__item"><ahref="https://t.me/waku_org/"target="_blank"rel="noopener noreferrer"class="footer__link-item">Telegram<svgwidth="13.5"height="13.5"aria-hidden="true"class="iconExternalLink_nPIU"><usehref="#theme-svg-externa