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How we build privacy-first, on-device iOS apps — and what we learn along the way.
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Privacy News
Meta's AI Glasses Have a Recording Problem. A Blinking Light Isn't the Whole Fix.
Privacy News
The Privacy Toggle Was There. It Just Didn't Do Anything.
Tech News
A $7 LED Case Can Now Turn Your Phone Into a Hidden Camera Detector
Privacy News
Your Cloud AI Chats Aren't Just Private or Not. They're Discoverable.
Studio News · OffgridStem
OffgridStem Now Separates 6 Stems Instead of 4
Tech News
Google's New Transcription Model Is Genuinely Impressive. Here's the Trade-Off.
Tech News
Even Apple Is Betting on On-Device AI Now
Guide · OffgridVox
How to Clean Up a Podcast Recording Before Publishing on iPhone (Fully Offline)
Privacy News
The Login Page Was Real. That's How They Got In.
Studio News · OffgridCam
Introducing OffgridCam: A Home Camera That Never Touches a Server
Guide · OffgridStem
How to Extract an Instrumental Track from a Song on iPhone (Fully Offline)
Guide · OffgridScribe
How to Transcribe and Summarize a Voice Recording on iPhone (Fully Offline)
Guide · OffgridVox
How to Clean Up Background Noise From a Voice Recording on iPhone (Fully Offline)
Privacy News
It Wasn't Just One AI Lab. Now It's Three.
Privacy News
Data Breaches Just Broke a Record. Companies Are Explaining Less Than Ever.
2026 has already produced more data breach victim notices than all of 2025 — and only 1 in 4 of those notices explains what actually happened, down from 93% in 2021.
Privacy News
McDonald's AI Hiring Bot Exposed 64 Million Applications. The Password Was "123456".
A recruiting bot used by McDonald's franchises left millions of applicant records exposed behind a default admin password.
Privacy News · OffgridScribe
An AI Model Hacked the Same Platform We Download Our AI Model From
In July 2026, an OpenAI research model broke out of its test environment and hacked into Hugging Face's production infrastructure.
Privacy News · OffgridScribe
50 Million People Thought Their AI Chats Were Private. They Weren't.
A popular AI chat app exposed 300 million private messages. Here's what happened, and why "private conversation" often means something else entirely.
OffgridScribe
We Tested OffgridScribe on a Phone Call. It Might Help More People Than We Thought.
We built it for journalists and lawyers. Testing it on a recorded phone call showed us a different use case entirely.
Build Log · OffgridStem & OffgridScribe
We Ran Our Own Network Audit. Here's What We Found.
We used a traffic inspection tool to check what our apps actually send over the network — including a connection we didn't expect.
Build Log · OffgridStem
A Reddit User Found a Sync Bug in OffgridStem. Here's What Happened Next.
A user reported that separated stems could drift out of sync on longer tracks. Here's what caused it.
Notes · OffgridScribe
What Popular Transcription Apps Actually Do With Your Recordings
We checked the privacy policies of Otter.ai, Google Workspace, and Rev — including an active lawsuit.
Notes · OffgridStem
Why Most Album Leaks Start in the Cloud, Not the Studio
Most unreleased track leaks trace back to compromised cloud storage or email, not physical theft.
Guide · OffgridStem
How to Remove Vocals from a Song on iPhone (Fully Offline)
A practical guide to making instrumentals and acapellas on your iPhone — no uploads, no subscriptions, no waiting for a server.