Privacy and security
Astramar is designed around a local-first phrase library on your Mac. Optional networked AI, retrievers, Team services, analytics, and similar capabilities have separate enablement and data-flow boundaries — they are not required for Free Beta phrase expansion.
Authoritative detail lives in the published privacy and security policies. This page is the customer summary for Free Beta docs.
Local library
Section titled “Local library”- Phrase content lives in Application Support under the PhrasePilot technical identity.
- The library file is ordinary JSON protected by your macOS account, filesystem permissions, and any disk encryption you enable (for example FileVault). Astramar does not encrypt the library file itself.
- Rolling recovery backups and quarantine copies help with fail-closed recovery. Prefer in-app export over hand-editing files (Library backups).
Permissions
Section titled “Permissions”- Accessibility enables intentional paste / direct insert into other apps. Without it, clipboard-only workflows remain available.
- Accessibility may also expose limited UI context (focused app, selection) for features that need it. Deny or revoke access anytime; doing so must not erase your library.
- Clipboard history shown in the palette (when enabled) stays in memory for the session and is not written into the library file.
Personal Insights and Product Analytics
Section titled “Personal Insights and Product Analytics”- Personal Insights (Settings → General) stay on this Mac: expansions, palette opens, and phrases created for 7 days / 30 days / all time. They never leave the device and do not require Product Analytics.
- Product Analytics is opt-in and off by default. Local collection keeps allowlisted counters on-device. Transmission needs a separate notice and opt-in plus a configured first-party ingest path; without an ingest bearer, outbound stays fail-closed.
- Routine product analytics must not include phrase or clipboard content.
Full customer walkthrough: Personal Insights and Product Analytics.
Diagnostics and support
Section titled “Diagnostics and support”- Export Diagnostic Summary… is metadata-only and reviewable before sharing.
- Credentials and service tokens belong in macOS Keychain, not in library exports or public issues.
Downloads and distribution
Section titled “Downloads and distribution”Near-term public distribution is a verified Developer ID direct download when the website release record promotes an exact package. Public website downloads stay disabled until that record authorizes them (Release status).