Counterlens
Privacy Policy
Counterlens collects no data. None. There is no server, no account, no analytics, no advertising, and the app makes zero network requests.
What the app does
Counterlens passively listens to Bluetooth Low Energy advertisements that nearby devices broadcast publicly, and compares them on your device against a built-in signature database to identify camera-capable wearables. It never connects to, pairs with, or transmits to any device.
What stays on your device
- Encounter history — a local log of detected device types, times, and signal strengths. Stored only in the app's local storage; you can delete it at any time in History.
- Settings — your preferences (scan intensity, alerts, trusted device models), stored locally.
Nothing above ever leaves your iPhone. Counterlens has no way to send it anywhere: the app contains no networking code.
What the app never touches
- No location access — never requested.
- No contacts, photos, microphone, or camera access.
- No identifiers, no tracking, no third-party SDKs of any kind.
People, not just policies
Counterlens identifies devices, never people. It cannot determine who is wearing or carrying a device, and it presents every detection as advisory information, not proof.
Notifications
If you enable background alerts, notifications are generated locally on your device by iOS. There is no push server.
Changes
If a future version ever changes any of the above (for example, an optional signature-database update check), this policy will say so plainly before that version ships, and any such feature will be off by default.
Contact
Questions: support [at] counterlens.app