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Privacy Scanner

App StoreComputer vision, OCR & document AI🇺🇸

PulseGate's liveness check found it on 14 Sep 2026; it is registered on the App Store and has been in the index since 21 Jul 2026. How this is checked

Privacy Scanner analyzes photos, PDFs, and documents on your Mac to uncover embedded personal identifiers from 25+ countries, GPS data, edit histories, and AI provenance markers from tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion. It runs completely offline with no uploads. Users can strip metadata, redact PII, and generate EU AI Act compliance reports in PDF or CSV. It is designed for individuals and professionals needing to protect privacy and meet regulatory…

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Overview

6 features

Purpose: Discovering and removing hidden personal data, location metadata, and AI-generation markers from local files before sharing.

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Audience: privacy-conscious Mac users

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Functions: data_extraction

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Interfaces: API: unknown · MCP: unknown · CLI: unknown · Self-hosting: unknown

Recorded constraints: pricing: paid · license: Proprietary · platforms: MOBILE · deployment: ios, embeddable, macos

Constraint provenance is unknown; confirm requirements with the publisher.

Record sources: apps.apple.com. These links do not verify the individual claims.

Privacy Scanner sits in PulseGate's Computer vision, OCR & document AI category. Inferred · not functionally tested: It focuses on discovering and removing hidden personal data, location metadata, and AI-generation markers from local files before sharing. Inferred · not functionally tested: Privacy Scanner is a consumer product aimed at privacy-conscious Mac users. Basis unknown · not verified: Pricing is paid. Basis unknown · not verified: It ships for iOS, embeddable surfaces, and macOS.

Matthias Stralman builds and maintains Privacy Scanner, and it first shipped in 2026. Inferred · not functionally tested: Key capabilities include PII Detection, Metadata Removal, and AI Content Markers.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Tasks: Inferred · not functionally tested

  • PII Detection
  • Metadata Removal
  • AI Content Markers
  • C2PA Reading
  • Audit Reports
  • Offline Processing

Topics: Inferred · not functionally tested

Tags
metadata-stripperpii-scannerai-content-detectorc2pa-readerlocal-privacy-tool
AI capabilities
Structured
Inference: Local

JSON profile · Text profile · Access guide

Built with & integrations

AI providers
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Runs on
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Trust & compliance

Public signals
HTTPSStore listing found

Indexing history

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What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

  1. Indexed21 Jul · 12:45 UTC
    the eu starts requiring ai content to be labeled on august 2. i built a mac app that reads those markers in your own files, fully offline seen via crawler:reddit
    Source: crawler:reddit · Open
  2. Indexed21 Jul · 12:45 UTC
    the eu starts requiring ai content to be labeled on august 2. i built a mac app that reads those markers in your own files, fully offline seen via crawler:reddit
    Source: crawler:reddit · Open

Frequently asked questions about Privacy Scanner

What does Privacy Scanner do?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Privacy Scanner focuses on discovering and removing hidden personal data, location metadata, and AI-generation markers from local files before sharing. It is catalogued under Computer vision, OCR & document AI on PulseGate.
Who is Privacy Scanner for?
Inferred · not functionally tested: Privacy Scanner is a consumer product built for privacy-conscious Mac users.
Is Privacy Scanner free?
Basis unknown · not verified: No — Privacy Scanner is paid.
What platforms does Privacy Scanner run on?
Basis unknown · not verified: Privacy Scanner runs on iOS, embeddable surfaces, and macOS.
Is Privacy Scanner still active?
PulseGate's liveness check found it on 14 Sep 2026.
What projects are similar to Privacy Scanner?
Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include PrivacyCam, Filesentinel, and PhotoCore - Local AI Search.PrivacyCamFilesentinelPhotoCore - Local AI Search
Who makes Privacy Scanner?
Privacy Scanner is developed by Matthias Stralman, based in the United States.
When did Privacy Scanner launch?
Privacy Scanner first shipped in 2026.

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