Privacy
Wellbeing without watching: why care tools shouldn't double as monitors
A tool meant to look after you shouldn't also report on you. Why Jambu keeps its view narrow, and what that means in practice.
By Jambu1 min read
Plenty of software promises to help you work well. Some of it does that by collecting a detailed picture of everything you do. Once that picture exists, it's hard to be sure who else will look at it.
Care works better when you never have to wonder. A nudge to stretch only feels kind if you trust the thing sending it.
A deliberately narrow view
- Jambu uses the active domain, timestamps, session duration and idle state.
- It stores the active domain rather than the full URL.
- It does not collect page contents, keystrokes, passwords, form inputs, private messages, screenshots or clipboard contents.
Why less is enough
To suggest a break at a good moment, Jambu only needs to know roughly when you've been at it for a long stretch and when you usually pause. It doesn't need to know what you were reading or writing.
The best way to protect information is not to gather it in the first place.
You stay in charge of what is kept: export it, delete your activity history, or delete your account whenever you like. The privacy policy sets out the details.
Curious about the details? Read how Jambu works or our privacy policy.
