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Privacy

What the page stores, what it sends, and what can be turned off.

Camera monitoring is switched off for this site. The camera is not opened, no permission is requested, and the /camera command has no effect.

The description below applies only if the feature is switched back on.

Property Behaviour when enabled
Requirement Signed in. The camera is never opened for a signed-out visitor
Permission Requested by the browser on the first visit after it is enabled
Refusal Monitoring stops. No message is shown
Trigger A change of more than four percent of the picture between two checks
Check rate Twice per second, paused while the tab is in the background
Capture rate At most one capture every eight seconds
Face detection Runs on the device. The picture is not sent for detection
Recognition Compared against face signatures already held in this browser
Still images A small image is uploaded when a face is found
Motion without a face Uploaded after 30 seconds if no face appears in that time
Video clips Ten seconds before and ten seconds after a face is found. Kept in this browser only
Clip retention The 50 most recent. Older clips are deleted
Preview Signed-in viewers see the images in the Recent Visitors tile with a label and time
Turning it off /camera. The choice persists across visits

Face signatures and video clips never leave the browser that recorded them. Clearing the browser data for the site removes both.

Held on the server Held in this browser
Todos Dim level
Timer sessions and their projects Background brightness
Alarms Camera preference
Habits and their daily marks Face signatures
Search terms entered in the palette Video clips
Photos
Camera still images, when enabled

Projects, tasks, calendar entries and repository activity are held by the services they come from, not by this page.

Destination Sent When
Google The search term On searching, in a new tab
A location service The network address Once per visit, for the weather
A weather service Approximate coordinates Once per visit
Hacker News Nothing beyond the request On load and every 15 minutes
The aknThoughts board Nothing beyond the request On load and every 30 minutes
An AI service Timer labels, outstanding todo text, project names See Assistant

Search terms are recorded against the account only while signed in. Searches made while signed out are not recorded.

Control Method Persists
Recording searches Sign out. Searches are recorded only while signed in Yes
Deleting a recorded search Not available
Camera monitoring /camera, when the feature is switched on Yes
Sending a timer label for matching Do not use timers
Sending todo text for matching Do not select ✦
Weather location Not available. Location is taken from the network address
Browser notifications Granted or refused in the browser Yes
Ending the session /logout Immediate

Signing out ends the session on this device and returns to /access.

Item Visible to a signed-out visitor
Todos marked public Yes
Timer sessions marked public Yes
Photos marked public Yes
Projects and tasks marked public No. Nothing is shown while signed out
Alarms, habits, calendar, notifications No
Camera images and clips No
Search history No

Whether an item is public is set where the item is held, not from the page.

  • Assistant covers what the AI feature receives.
  • Widgets covers which tiles hold private data.
  • Diagnostics covers permission conditions.