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ListenIn: Privacy & Permissions
ListenIn, 2026
Read the originalRead on October 22, 2026
- What it is
- ListenIn's privacy page, last updated September 7, 2026. It says where audio and recognized text go, what stays on the Mac, how payments and crash reports are handled, and which provider the cleanup service uses.
- How much weight it carries
- The maker's own policy, read directly from its address on 2026-10-22. It states the maker's last-updated date as September 7, 2026, and says the app's behavior is the reference if the two disagree.
Facts taken from this source
- ListenIn says audio never touches its servers, and its cleanup server does not receive audio.
“Audio never touches our servers ... Our cleanup server doesn't receive it.” (Your audio section, heading)
- ListenIn says it never uses audio for training.
“ListenIn never uses audio for training. Our cleanup server doesn't receive it.” (Your audio section)
- ListenIn prunes recovered recordings to the five newest when the app launches.
“After an interruption, recovery audio stays local; on launch, ListenIn prunes recovered recordings to the five newest.” (Your audio section)
- ListenIn says its speech-to-text runs on Apple's engines with on-device recognition forced on.
“Speech-to-text runs on Apple's engines with on-device recognition forced on” (Your audio section)
- ListenIn says its cleanup API forwards recognized text to an AI provider, primarily DeepSeek, with Anthropic and Google as fallbacks.
“which forwards it to an AI provider ... DeepSeek primarily, with Anthropic and Google as fallbacks” (Your text section)