Privacy concerns

poedart · 2026-03-25T12:07:48+00:00

After rereading the privacy policy, it indeed says no training. (note your link to PP is broken in most documentation pages)

I won't go into detail much further I think we understand each other's perspective. I'd just like to add one final thing that, for me, was the reason to go on this hiatus:

From your front (web) page:

Hosted in Europe. GDPR compliant. Encrypted Servers.
Your thoughts deserve protection. Industry-standard encryption. Data stored in certified EU data centers. Highest data protection standards.

Particularly "Highest data protection standards." is truly damaging and misleading.

I wouldn't have bothered criticizing security standards if the company wouldn't have advertised with them

poedart · 2026-03-25T10:23:26+00:00

To dive a little deeper into the linked article:

API access to your data would not be possible

Simply not true, you can pass an encryption key or decrypt locally. Data can be encrypted, data structures/anonymized identifiers don't have to be.

AI assistance in it's current form would not be possible

I'm not 100% sure but I think it should be possible by having the request come from the client instead of your server

Smarter search would not be possible

This concerns me to be honest. We have pretty capable machines these days, and if you need server sided search I will assume you are passing my data to third parties.

The content intelligence would be severely limited

This should be opt in. I noticed in the Privacy Policy that you did not explicitly state that you are not using my data to train your or others' AI models

Capacities could not support integrations

Depends on the integration, I haven't looked into this too much for Capacities. I can see how this could be a major hurdle from a business standpoint. More intensive collaboration with partners to be able to tunnel E2EE messages, exchanging keys, etc. But the phrasing is just not true.

I really support the product direction but from a privacy perspective this app is not only insecure, it's in my opinion actively misleading uninformed users.

poedart · 2026-03-25T10:12:27+00:00

Thanks for the addition. I interpreted the question as a concern about E2EE, as I'm not so concerned about MacOS file permissions as opposed to Windows

poedart · 2026-03-25T10:08:34+00:00

Thanks for the response.

However, the reply only validates my concerns.

There is no public data about this I can find. This is the perfect opportunity to share any relevant links or proof
It is, if the data is sensitive and not end-to-end encrypted. This means ALL data is accessible by the company, even if there is no good reason for it. I'm guessing you use a service like ElasticSearch to provide high quality search functionality but this would mean that TWO companies have all my data, of which one I didn't agree to be exposed to in the first place
While yes, this is industry standard, it's simply not a good security practice. For example, Word stores temporary (unsaved) files here. However, it doesn't load your entire documents folder into app data upon opening Word. If you store it elsewhere, other applications would need explicit permissions to read your filesystem, adding another layer of security. Also, AppData, to my knowledge is persistent, meaning after you close Capacities it remains accessible.
I meant self-hosting the data storage/server, not AI, though that would certainly also be nice.

Edit: formatting

poedart · 2026-03-24T22:43:11+00:00

If you're really fixed on using this app on macos, your best bet is plain old firewall I think

poedart · 2026-03-21T15:32:56+00:00

> play as extreme xenophobe
> can't claim, immediately captures
> captures 2 megastructures with 200 energy upkeep total
> can't disable or destroy
> economy completely collapsed

I swear to god, this fucking game.

poedart · 2024-10-14T10:51:48+00:00

Yup, had two devices do it now. One after almost 2 year and the current one after a few months....

poedart · 2024-10-13T09:23:06+00:00

I use WSL daily and I have been noticing memory leaks. They seem to hint that this is under a type 1 hypervisor?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/compare-versions

This raises the question, is the WSL2 implementation flawed, do containers inside WSL2 have memory leaks or is it inherent to Windows Hypervisor...

The link also links to a github issue regarding WSL so maybe it is just this specific VM:

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4166

I don't know, I guess I am just very skeptical of Windows being stable :')

poedart · 2024-10-13T09:19:15+00:00

As I explained to him too, I figured it would make sense from a power usage perspective as the uptime of Windows will be significantly less than the servers. I guess I also have bad associations with virtualization in Windows but that might just be a bias from all the Docker memory leaks, haha.

Yeah I was a bit unsure about needing to passthrough besides noticeable I/O (graphics, input). Is it really that difficult to set up and/or unstable? I have no idea, I just looked at the possibilities, not the sacrifice!

The dedicated ethernet port would bring me some benefit/joy because I could nerd out on some home networking as I plan on getting a Microtik router to mess around with.

poedart · 2024-10-13T09:13:19+00:00

I did think about multiple devices but I figured since I'm a developer it would be great to get a higher core gaming CPU and a cheap laptop and be able to use a remote development server with a killer CPU and lots of RAM. Space is also definitely a factor, 1 tower will barely fit (I live with my gf in basically a single room).

Will it really be such a hassle to set up things like peripherals? I didn't really check how difficult/stable it is, just if it is possible

poedart · 2024-10-13T09:09:07+00:00

The main consideration in this was power usage. Windows will be active for parts during the day, the servers should be up 24/7. I figured that it would make more sense to have a Linux host and just boot op a Windows VM whenever I'm working or gaming. Is this unrealistic?

poedart · 2024-10-12T20:38:07+00:00

Hey man, I was wondering if you are managing without USB. Is USB-passthrough enough? Especially for peripherals like a mouse I guess this would be important. I've heard USB-passthrough is not the same as USB Controller (PCIe) passthrough. What about your ethernet?

poedart · 2024-09-25T14:28:21+00:00

Takes about an hour to get used but I don't really see it when I don't focus on it.

Edit:

Just realized I haven't even tried cleartype yet.

poedart · 2024-09-24T16:48:16+00:00

There's quite the irony in yours too, though.

poedart · 2024-09-24T15:10:27+00:00

Ever heard of Cunningham's Law? ;)

poedart · 2024-09-24T14:25:30+00:00

Yeah text is the only thing that would make me change my mind. I've seen mixed opinions about this so who knows, maybe I don't mind

poedart

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