No-camera privacy check

Before a Mac app sees your desk, make it earn trust.

This checklist does not open your camera. It helps you verify the visible macOS privacy signals that matter before installing Peeku Presence Coach or any camera-based desk app.

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Peeku Presence Coach uses local presence signals for walk reminders, eye-rest nudges, posture hints, and Desk Health. No account. No cloud face data.

Privacy readiness

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Camera permission is explicit. System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Camera shows which apps can request the camera.
The green camera indicator is understandable. When a Mac app actively uses the camera, macOS shows the camera indicator in the menu bar.
No account is needed for the core app. An app that can work locally should not force sign-in before basic desk reminders work.
Network claims are checkable. Activity Monitor or a firewall can show whether an app is sending network traffic during normal use.
The app explains what stays local. Peeku says plainly that face and presence processing stay on the Mac.
The App Store build matches the claim. Peeku Presence Coach is the sandboxed coaching build: reminders and Desk Health, not automatic lock.

You have checked the basics. If that matches your risk bar, try the free Mac App Store build first and let it interrupt you once.

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What Peeku promises

Presence can be useful without becoming surveillance.

Peeku is built around a narrow local question: are you at the desk right now? The Mac App Store build uses that signal for coaching: walk reminders, eye-rest nudges, posture hints, and Desk Health.

If you want automatic screen locking, use the direct Peeku build instead. Apple's App Store sandbox blocks the screen-lock command, so the App Store listing stays coaching-only.

Related: privacy-first auto-lock, camera privacy myths, Mac App Store build.