Privacy Scanner
Privacy Scanner is a native macOS app that scans files locally for exposed personal data, metadata, and AI-provenance markers, then removes them entirely on-device. It reads C2PA Content Credentials and generator metadata from major AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Adobe Firefly without any cloud lookup. The app has no network entitlement, no analytics, and no accounts, with all processing using Apple's native frameworks.
- Cybersecurity
- Applications
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Mac users unknowingly share sensitive personal data embedded in their files, including location coordinates in photos, national ID numbers in documents, and names stored in metadata. Additionally, AI-generated content increasingly contains invisible provenance markers that can expose the use of tools like ChatGPT or Midjourney, creating privacy risks when files are shared or posted online.
Solution
Privacy Scanner is a native macOS application that scans files locally for exposed personal data, metadata, and AI-provenance markers, then removes them entirely on-device. The app detects zero countries with PII detection and zero PII patterns recognized, covering national IDs, GPS coordinates, and name fields across documents and images. It reads C2PA Content Credentials, IPTC source type, and generator metadata from major AI tools including ChatGPT, DALL·E, Midjourney, Sora, and Adobe Firefly, without any cloud lookup. All processing uses native macOS frameworks—SwiftUI, PDFKit, AVFoundation, ImageIO, and SensitiveContentAnalysis—ensuring that no file contents ever leave the user's Mac.
Target Audience
Primary users are privacy-conscious Mac owners, content creators, and professionals who handle sensitive documents or AI-generated media and need to verify or remove embedded personal data before sharing files.
Features
- Detects and removes personal data including national IDs, GPS coordinates, and names from file metadata entirely on-device
- Reads C2PA Content Credentials, IPTC source type, and generator metadata across major AI tools: ChatGPT, DALL·E, Midjourney, Sora, Adobe Firefly, Stable Diffusion, Flux, Runway, Ideogram, Recraft, Kling, and Microsoft Designer
- No network connections made by the app; no network entitlement, no cloud service, no analytics SDK, no accounts, and no file uploads
- Uses Apple's native Sensitive Content Analysis (SCA) framework for on-device safety scanning without sharing content with Apple or any third party
- Full macOS App Sandbox with security-scoped bookmarks; files are accessed only via explicit user selection through the file picker or drag-and-drop
- Scan results stored locally in a JSON file with no off-device transmission; history can be deleted at any time