Tag: privacy
All the articles with the tag "privacy".
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Why it exists · Ward Why I built Ward: a porn and website blocker where the hard part is the off switch
1,600 one-star reviews of porn blockers say the same four things: a paywall after a quiz, a VPN that breaks the internet, an easy bypass, and a fee to uninstall. Ward's answer is a free filter that blocks on the device, a waiting time instead of a wall, and a DNS-only tunnel. What iOS does and doesn't let you do, and why the hosts file wins on desktop.
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Guide · Murmur Otter alternatives that work offline: on-device voice transcription and notes on iPhone
A fair comparison of voice-to-text and AI note apps on iPhone — Otter, Apple's Voice Memos and dictation, Aiko, and Murmur — on where the audio goes, what happens to the transcript afterwards, pricing model, and what actually works in airplane mode. By the developer of one of them.
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Guide · Underway Parcel, AfterShip, Shop or Underway? Choosing an iPhone package tracker by what it asks for
A fair comparison of the package-tracking apps people actually install on iPhone — Parcel, AfterShip, Shop, the carriers' own apps, Apple's built-in tracking — judged on carriers covered, delivery-day features, price model, and whether the app wants your inbox. By the developer of one of them.
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Offline voice-to-text on iPhone: what actually runs on the device (and what quietly doesn't)
Apple's built-in dictation, the Voice Memos transcript, third-party transcription apps and fully on-device Whisper — which ones work in airplane mode, which ones send audio to a server, and how to tell the difference. From the developer of an on-device voice-notes app.