“If it doesn’t work offline, it better have a very good reason.”

TOOLS & PRIVACY STANDARDS

“Every install is a handshake. Some just forget to let go.”

🧠 Guiding Principles

• Local-first is preferred. If it can run offline, it gets a head start.
• Open-source is ideal. At the very least, give us a changelog with personality.
• Data should stay home. If it phones home, we want receipts.

🔍 What Gets Inspected

• Permissions requested vs actual need
• Whether it creates background daemons without asking
• Analytics and telemetry (hidden or not)
• How easily the tool can be sandboxed or containerized
• Whether the uninstall actually uninstalls

⚠️ Red Flags

• Cloud-only for basic features
• Account required just to try it
• Uploads clipboard data (??? this is real)