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  1. M

    Vox Dictum — on-device transcription with speaker labels and AI summaries (macOS)

    Hi all — I'm the developer of Vox Dictum, just released on the Mac App Store. I build under Cobalt InFX (cobaltinfx.com). I kept running into the same problem: I record a lot of meetings and interviews, and every cloud transcription service meant uploading confidential conversations to someone...
    • mozair
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    • macos on-device privacy speaker transcription
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  2. IGHOR

    App Trust Preview - Check Apps before opening

    I made App Trust Preview, a Mac app that helps you understand another Mac app before you open it. In plain language, not developer jargon, it shows what macOS can verify about an app's identity, protections, permissions, and internal components. The goal is simple: help you decide whether...
    • IGHOR
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    • inspection mac privacy quick look security utilities
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  3. boluobn

    YJing: Quietly keep your photos and videos safe

    It’s not just a simple photo album. It’s a space designed for organizing, browsing, and revisiting your private memories. You can import photos and videos, organize them into layered folders, favorite important moments, and search quickly — gradually building your own private memory library...
    • boluobn
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    • ipad iphone mac media organizer photo manager privacy private media video manager vision pro yjing
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  4. KillerScoregasm

    Privacy and Security

    Have any of you actually went in to all your settings on your iPhone and looked through them? I dug through every single setting and individual app. It is sickening the amount of information your phone is collecting on / and intimately about you, that you have to opt OUT-OF instead of IN-TO...
  5. J

    Does Apple Store store customer info linked with device's serial number?

    This question is about how Apple is handling privacy. I'm wondering when I order (with personal information submitting like name, address, phone number, email address, etc.), and then buy an Apple product like iPhone, iPad, MacBook, at a physical or online Apple Store, would Apple keep record...
  6. A

    Safari search - cannot disable recent history & book marks from showing

    As per title. I recently upgraded to Tahoe, and now every time I type in the search bar I see a 'bookmarks & history' section. Ive turned off all the relevant suggestions, along with a few more in spotlight search settings that were on by default - how do I get rid of this. Its highly...
  7. Noah Jiang

    [Imprint] Offline Batch Watermarking & Image Privacy Toolkit for macOS

    Hi everyone, I’m an indie developer — a computer science and art double-major in my second year at university. I love dancing, photography, and programming, and I built Imprint to solve a problem I kept running into when sharing my own photos: protecting them quickly and safely without...
    • Noah Jiang
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    • batch processing designer exif removal image tool mac app macos metadata photographer privacy watermark
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  8. kotsoum

    Universal Call Ranger: Pattern-Based Call Blocking

    Hello macrumors folks! I want to share something for those dealing with spam calls that bypass call blockers by just changing the last few digits. We have an app for that called Call Ranger, it's a powerful call blocker that blocks by pattern rather than full numbers, which is way more...
  9. Vratikranka

    Apple refusing to answer why System Services is consuming ~70% of mobile browsing data, and slow internet speeds on my device.

    TL;DR: My iPhone 16 Pro gives me garbage mobile speeds (more often than not), battery drain, and about 70% of my mobile data is mysteriously eaten by "System Services > General". Apple doesn’t care. Over two months of back-and-forth. Still no fix. Now the whole thing: I’ve been a loyal iPhone...
  10. YM2132

    I built EyesOff - An open source app which alerts you when someone peeps at your screen

    Hey everyone, I've built a privacy focused macOS app which makes use of a locally running neural network (YuNet), to notify you if other people are looking at your screen. YuNet runs fully on-device with no data leaving your computer. The app utilises a 230kb facial detection model, which...
    • YM2132
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    • app free open source privacy
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  11. N

    Finder - Screen Recording?

    I have noticed every now when using the Finder the purple privacy dot on the top right of my screen. I'll open the Notification Center and see the image below that shows the "Finder" then when I click on it it says "Screen Recording" then disappears. Is this something to be concerned about...
  12. I

    Mail app sharing VIPs across family?

    So I’m the family organiser for Apple. None of us have child accounts just to be clear. We share an Apple One Family subscription and that’s it. Each of us has their own iCloud accounts. The other day (btw I’m on 18.3) I opened up my VIP List in the Mail app on both my iPhone and iPad and then...
    • Ipadonly1
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    • contacts mail privacy
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: iOS 18
  13. D

    Help Apple Improve Search Privacy Issue

    I just noticed that the "Help Apps Improve Search" setting was enabled on my iOS and macOS devices, even though I never turned it on. According to Apple, they collect search data in a way that does not personally identify users. However, many of my Spotlight searches within my locally saved...
    • dialogos
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    • privacy search spotlight
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iOS 18
  14. bear_in_mind

    Apple Watch 10 bought at AMZN with real-time surveillance?

    I'm sharing this to see if others have had a similar experience, and the privacy / security implications of what I experienced. I tried a new AppleWatch 10 for three days, not loving it, so attempting to return it to AMZN. I normally buy Apple products directly from Apple, but I was lazy...
    • bear_in_mind
    • Thread
    • amazon apple applewatch s10 data access privacy security & privacy surveillance
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Apple Watch
  15. D

    What AI options are there for security?

    While Apple AI is still a few years from being fully integrated and working across all their devices, I was wonder what is everyone using for AI chat, work, school, graphics, etc I understand that there might be multiple ones you use, but looking for somewhat of a conscious Im looking for a...
  16. RazorBackXX

    Safari Browser not private by default anymore?

    hey fellas, I've never been more disappointed I always open my safari in private mode, all of Sonoma I did it all day long now on sequoia its gone along with the quick add to reading list. I went to options & there is no setting to make the default opening of safari go straight to private mode...
  17. Jodeo

    Is Google Chrome HIPAA compliant? Or do they harvest that data too?

    I avoid Google products. Aside from YouTube and Waze I'm pretty much able to avoid their stuff because of how bad they are with privacy. A healthcare provider now requires a family member to do telehealth using Chrome. Their system doesn't play well with Safari; indeed, we weren't even able to...
    • Jodeo
    • Thread
    • google chrome hipaa personal data tracking privacy
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  18. Stiksi

    Universal Apple emails me my wife’s app subscription renewal notice 🤔

    Today I got an email from Apple about an app subscription renewal that I didn’t recognize. On closer inspection I saw that it was my wife’s subscription and that the notice had been sent to us both. Is this a normal policy for Apple now? Because to me this seems like a pretty big privacy...
  19. T

    Third Party Apps: Limit access to contacts

    Hey everyone, I watched the WWDC keynote and was happy to see, that they added the ability to specify which contacts you want to share with a third party app. In 2021 I wrote Craig an email: A day later, Craig replied: I am very happy that they added this to iOS 18. It's a feature I have...
    • Tilli85
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    • address book contacts privacy
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 18
  20. uacd

    Have you already seen Google’s new cringeworthy Android ads?

    Was stalking Reddit today and noticed that Google has been busy pushing the new Android ad campaign. Do they really think image search on AI steroids is the “next big thing”? I mean, they even made a whole landing page (android.ai) with “switch from ios” link just to lure iOS users. Do they...
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