Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2, 2026

The short version: our apps run entirely on your machine and collect nothing about you. The only thing either one sends is a once-a-day check for a newer version — Kitsune asks roaringman.com, Raven asks the App Store — with no data attached either way. This page spells all of that out properly.

Raven (macOS)

Raven is a Wi-Fi analyzer that does all of its work locally, on your Mac.

• No data collection. Raven does not collect, store, transmit, sell, or share any personal information. It has no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, and no advertising.
• Your scans and surveys stay on your Mac. Wi-Fi scan results, walk surveys, heatmaps, and measurement history exist only in the app while it runs. Surveys and PDF reports are saved only where you choose to save them, and are shared only if you share them. None of it is ever sent anywhere.
• The version check. Once a day, when you open the app, Raven asks Apple's public App Store lookup service whether a newer version of Raven has been released. The request identifies the app, not you — it carries no identifier and nothing about you, your Mac, or your network. If a newer version exists, Raven shows a dismissible banner offering to open its own App Store page; it never downloads or installs anything itself. As with any web request, Apple sees the connecting IP address and a timestamp. The check runs only in copies installed from the Mac App Store, and you can dismiss it for a given version.
• About the Location Services prompt. macOS requires Location Services permission before it will let any app read Wi-Fi scan results, because nearby network names can hint at where you are. That is the only reason Raven asks. Raven never requests, reads, stores, or transmits your geographic location.

Kitsune (macOS)

Kitsune, our LAN scanner and analyzer, follows the same principle: it examines your own local network, on your own machine, and reports only to you.

• No data collection. Scan results — device names, MAC addresses, open ports, findings — are held in memory and written only where you choose to export them. There are no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, and no crash reporting.
• The version check. Once a day, Kitsune asks roaringman.com for a small file containing the latest version number, and tells you if it's newer than the copy you're running. The request carries no identifier and nothing about you, your Mac, or your network — it only asks for a version number. As with any web request, our host sees the connecting IP address and a timestamp; we don't use those logs to identify anyone. You can turn the check off in About → Updates, and Kitsune never downloads or installs anything itself — it opens the download page in your browser.
• The bufferbloat test. If you start it, this test downloads a large file from a public speed-test server to measure latency under load. It runs only when you ask for it.
• Everything else stays local. All other traffic Kitsune generates goes to the local network you asked it to scan.
• Read-only on your equipment. Kitsune never uses an SNMP write community and never changes a device's configuration. SNMP read communities you enter are stored in your login keychain, not in a preferences file.

This website

• No accounts, no cookies, no analytics. roaringman.com sets no cookies and runs no analytics or tracking scripts.
• Hosting. The site is served by Cloudflare, whose infrastructure keeps standard, short-lived server logs (such as IP addresses) to run and protect the service. We don't use those logs to identify visitors.
• Fonts. Pages load typefaces from Google Fonts, so your browser makes a request to Google's servers when the page loads, subject to Google's privacy policy.
• Email. This site has no forms and collects no addresses — the contact links simply open your own email app. If you write to us, we use your address only to reply and to tell you about the launch you asked about — never to spam, and never shared.

Changes

If our apps ever change how they handle data — for example, an optional crash-reporting or update-check feature — we'll update this page first and note it in the app's release notes. The date at the top always reflects the latest revision.

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