Privacy Policy for Bleat

Bleat collects nothing. There is no account, no sign-in, and no analytics. Bleat connects only to computers you pair it with, directly over SSH, and nothing passes through us, because we have no server for it to pass through. This policy explains that in more detail.

What information do we collect?

• None. We collect no personal information of any kind.
• There is no account, no sign-in, no advertising identifier, and no analytics or crash-reporting service in the app.
• We do not track you, and we do not share data with any third party, because we hold no data to share.

Your computers

• Bleat connects to the computers you pair it with, and to nothing else. The connection is SSH, from your device straight to your computer, over your own network or a VPN you run, such as Tailscale.
• What you see in Bleat — sessions, workspaces, agents and the contents of a terminal — is read from your computer while you look at it. Terminal contents are shown, not stored.
• What you type, and the prompts you send, go only to your computer. Opening a terminal takes control of that pane from whoever was typing in it there.
• For each paired computer, Bleat keeps its name, the addresses it can be reached at, its SSH host key, and a short description of its system (such as the model and operating system), so it can find the computer again and show which one is which, and the account name Bleat logs in with. These are kept on your own devices only: the iPhone or iPad that paired, and its paired Apple Watch.

The key

• When you pair, Bleat makes its own SSH key on your device and adds the public half to your computer's ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. The private key never leaves your device. It is kept in the Keychain, marked so that it is not synced to iCloud and not restored to another device from a backup.
• The pairing code holds a temporary key that works once and expires within minutes. It is replaced by the device's own key as soon as pairing completes.
• Unpairing in the app removes the device's key from your computer, when the computer can be reached. If it cannot, the app can forget it without removing the key, and the key keeps working there until you remove it. You can always remove it from the computer with bleat keys.

The camera

• Bleat asks for camera access only to read the pairing code shown on your computer.
• No video or still image is ever recorded, saved, or transmitted.
• Camera access is optional. You can paste the pairing link instead.

Local network

• iOS asks for permission before an app connects to a device on your own network. Bleat needs it to reach a computer at home or in the office by its local name or address. It uses it for nothing else.

Apple Watch

• The watch app asks your iPhone, and your iPhone connects to your computer for it. The watch keeps a copy of the list of your computers, but no key, and it never connects to anything on its own.

Children

• Bleat is rated 4+ and collects no information from anyone, including children.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

• We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes, we will update this page and note the date below.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or about the app, please contact us at help+bleat@partof.team.

Last updated: 15 October 2026.