Shhh Privacy Policy

Overview

Shhh is a native macOS video player. It is designed to play media files from your local disk without collecting, transmitting, or persisting any data about what you watch. This policy describes exactly how Shhh handles data, what it stores, and what it does not.

Data we collect

Shhh does not collect any personal information. Specifically, Shhh does not:

• Require user accounts, registration, or sign-in
• Collect personally identifiable information of any kind
• Track, profile, or fingerprint users
• Send any usage analytics to us or to any third party
• Show advertisements or embed advertising SDKs
• Send crash reports, diagnostic logs, or telemetry to any server

Privacy Mode

Privacy Mode is Shhh's main feature. It is a master switch that disables every code path which would otherwise leave traces of what you watched on your Mac.

Privacy Mode is enabled by default on first launch. You can toggle it from the Shhh menu (⇧⌘P).

• Playback history: the per-file history database is not written.
• Resume positions: mpv's save-position-on-quit and watch-later config are forced off, so no per-file resume timestamp is saved to disk.
• Recent items: files are not added to the macOS "Recent Items" / Apple Recents list, and the welcome window does not display past playback.
• Thumbnail cache: per-video preview thumbnails are not cached to disk (the cache would otherwise be named by a hash of the source path and would leak which files you opened).
• Plugin APIs: the JavaScript plugin APIs that expose history and recent documents return empty arrays in privacy mode.

Local data Shhh does keep

When you actively change settings or use Shhh's non-privacy features, the following data stays entirely on your device, inside Shhh's sandboxed Application Support container:

• User preferences: your settings (such as appearance, key bindings, and Privacy Mode itself) are stored in macOS UserDefaults under com.loadchange.shhh.
• Caches (Privacy Mode OFF only): if you disable privacy mode, mpv's watch-later configs and thumbnail caches may be written under ~/Library/Application Support/com.loadchange.shhh/ and ~/Library/Caches/com.loadchange.shhh/. You can delete them at any time.
• File access: Shhh accesses only the files you explicitly open through the system file picker, drag-and-drop, or command line. It never enumerates your filesystem.

Network communication

Shhh does not require an internet connection for core playback. Network requests are made only when you actively use a networked feature:

• Streaming URLs you explicitly ask Shhh to open (e.g. via Open URL or a playlist URL).
• Online subtitle search, if you explicitly trigger it.
• Update checking — Shhh delegates updates to the Mac App Store, which Apple handles on our behalf. Shhh itself sends no requests to our servers.

Shhh never sends telemetry, analytics, crash reports, or anything else that we would receive. We literally have no servers.

Third-party services

Shhh embeds no third-party analytics SDKs, no advertising networks, no crash reporters, and no tracking libraries. The bundled JavaScript plugin engine can run plugins you install, but plugin network access is governed by macOS sandboxing and the privacy guards described above.

Children's privacy

Shhh is not directed at children under 13. Because Shhh collects no personal data from anyone of any age, it complies with COPPA by design.

Your rights

Because Shhh collects no personal data, there is nothing for us to access, correct, or delete on your behalf. You have full control over your local data: toggle Privacy Mode in the menu bar, delete ~/Library/Application Support/com.loadchange.shhh/ and ~/Library/Caches/com.loadchange.shhh/, or uninstall the app to remove everything Shhh has ever written.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the app evolves. Updates will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Because Shhh does not know who you are, we cannot notify you directly — please check back if you want to track changes.

Contact

Questions or concerns about this privacy policy can be sent to: feedback@084817.xyz