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Local Whisper privacy and security reference
Local Whisper (gabrimatic), 2026
Read the originalRead on October 25, 2026
- What it is
- The privacy and security reference of Local Whisper. It lists where each component runs, what the audio lifecycle is, and which backends receive grammar text.
- How much weight it carries
- The project's own reference, read on 2026-10-25. It describes the macOS build and says that setup and model downloads use the network. The pages do not print the author's name.
Facts taken from this source
- Local Whisper's security page describes a post-transcription Vocabulary pass that applies its local replacement rules.
“Local Whisper reads the same local replacement rules already used by its post-transcription Vocabulary pass” (Runtime boundary)
- Local Whisper's security page says grammar text is sent only to local, on-device, localhost or private LAN backends.
“Grammar text is sent only to the selected local, on-device, localhost, or private LAN backend when grammar is enabled.” (Audio lifecycle)
- Local Whisper's security page says that after the model download, inference stays in process on the Mac.
“After the selected 1.7B or 0.6B snapshot is downloaded, inference remains in process on the Mac.” (Runtime boundary)