Legal
Acceptable Use Policy
brintOS is a developer platform. We give people a lot of freedom to build, share, and run real software — but there are a few things we don't allow.
Last updated: May 22, 2026.
What we don't allow
- Attacks on third parties. Don't use brintOS machines to scan, exploit, DoS, brute-force, or otherwise interfere with systems you don't own or aren't explicitly authorised to test.
- Malware distribution. Don't host malware, ransomware, stalkerware, cryptojacking miners, or backdoored binaries.
- Phishing & impersonation. Don't use brintOS to host credential-harvesting pages, impersonate other services, or run social-engineering campaigns.
- Illegal content. Anything illegal under the laws of the United States or the country you operate from — including child sexual abuse material, content that incites violence, or sanctioned-party material.
- Copyright & trademark infringement. Don't redistribute software, data, or media you don't have rights to. See our DMCA policy for takedowns.
- Spam. Don't use brintOS accounts, machines, or APIs to send unsolicited bulk email, comments, or DMs.
- Service abuse. Don't try to bypass billing, rate limits, account suspension, or content filters. Don't create accounts to evade an existing suspension.
What we do allow (explicitly)
- Security research, reverse engineering, and binary analysis on machines you own or have permission to inspect.
- Adult content that is legal in the United States, when marked private and not advertised to minors.
- Code that disagrees with us politically, religiously, or aesthetically. We don't moderate on viewpoint.
- Forking. Public machines are explicitly opt-in to forking.
Enforcement
Reports of policy violations should go to abuse@brintos.io. When we receive a report we may:
- Email the account holder for clarification.
- Make the offending machine private while we investigate.
- Remove the offending content.
- Suspend the account in serious or repeated cases.
We try to be proportional, and we try to talk to humans before we hit buttons. If you think a moderation decision was wrong, reply to the email we sent — we read every appeal.
Reporting
Security disclosures go to security@brintos.io. DMCA notices go via the DMCA process. Everything else: abuse@brintos.io.