How your data is handled
Your data stays yours.
Guardshore runs on your Mac. The app requires no account and contains no telemetry or analytics. It does not upload browsing hostnames, screen images, classifier inputs, custom blocklist entries, or diagnostic data.
Blocking stays on your device.
Guardshore may download a static, cryptographically signed blocklist update. That request exposes ordinary network metadata, such as the requesting IP address, to the file host. Its request contains no device identifier or browsing data.
Local AI analyzes screen frames on your Mac during supported browser video playback. Frames aren’t uploaded to a cloud inference service. Detection requires installed model files and Screen Recording permission. The app downloads model files from a model host, which receives ordinary connection metadata such as your IP address; the download request does not contain screen images or browsing history.