They have the best privacy policy ever: https://localsend.org/#/privacy
This actually seems really awful?
You represent that you are over the age of 18. The Company does not permit those under 18 to use the Service.
There's only a few lines in the entire thing, so I don't know how you can miss that twice they say they don't collect anything in the first place, and then they say: "Since we do not collect such information, there's no possibility of us using, sharing, or selling this data."
If you want to say that this technically isn't a declaration, I would simply disagree and count it as one.
Frankly, being an open source app, I would be fine if it even said something like "It's open source. If you think it does anything nefarious, go ahead and show it." without even a suggestion of a promise. But they actually do make a declaration of both intent and action.
Any other data that isn't personal data they might have, like their download estimates or something, is theirs none of our business.
>Frankly, being an open source app, I would be fine if it even said something like "It's open source. If you think it does anything nefarious, go ahead and show it." without even a suggestion of a promise. But they actually do make a declaration of both intent and action.
That is just horrendous. No. That is not a bar that is acceptable for any app, free, paid, open source or not. Likely illegal too.
> Any other data that isn't personal data they might have, like their download estimates or something, is theirs none of our business.
Or something... such as information about files being sent... Or app telemetry etc.
That was my point.
I don't have reason to distrust them, but calling it the best "privacy policy ever" is a huge stretch given what it lacks.
This is a stupid thing to try to contrive some way to criticize. It's literally as good as it can get.
Also, not doing your homework for you for some free software where you can not only take or leave the software as you please, but have the source too, is maybe illegal? Dude you kill me. Say stuff like that for another 40 minutes and you got a Netflix special.
Information about files being sent could be anything from metadata, checksums, to something like (but not likely) CSAM.
Could also be data about your device(s), anything really.
We are talking about the privacy policy. Nothing else.
The policy says that they don't collect, store, or process any personal data. That is great!
What is not great is that the policy does not discuss whether or what type of other non-personal data is collected/stored/processed. That makes it a bad privacy policy. That is what I commented on.
There sure is a disconnect.
What exactly is not great? What's missing?
I see only 2 possible arguments here and neither one seems to actually exist, but you tell me what I'm missing.
One possibility is there is some data that the statement doesn't cover.
Let's see... The statement says they don't posess anything at all. And since the statement is so short, there is no possibility to hide any technicalities in confusing fine print.
So, what data isn't included in "we don't have anything"? What is something the statement says or fails to say?
All I see is farcical things like "aha! but it doesn't say what they are going to do with my email!" 1, yes it does, 2, what email?
The other possibility is the statement is a lie because the code sends them data.
Does it?
You mention earlier data about your devices, this seems to me like it would fall into the `personal data` category, and be excluded.