PrivacyDot v0.3.1

PrivacyDot 0.3.1 fixes stale Slack microphone warnings after a restart and makes the app-row action icons smaller.

Changes

• Ignore old, unfinished Slack microphone records when every matching Slack process started after the recorded capture. Live Core Audio activity remains visible, and uncertain process information keeps the warning visible.
• Reduce microphone, camera, and force-quit icon artwork by 20% while preserving the click targets and full-size quit-confirmation warning.
• Include combined registry and live-device results in the native diagnostic command.

Install

Download and run PrivacyDotSetup.exe, or choose Settings → Check for updates in PrivacyDot.

This release is not code-signed. Independently signed updates remain planned separately.

Validation: release build completed with no warnings or errors; all 43 tests passed; all five extracted installer files matched the build payload, including app version 0.3.1.0.

Installer SHA-256: AAD730827B0C0000E5277961A4FDECFBAB674ADD6FDC234EEA0DB9BCBBD7720F

PrivacyDot v0.3.0

PrivacyDot now shows which microphone or camera each detected program is using, with compact controls beside each app.

New

• Group programs beneath named microphones and cameras. Multiple programs can share one device, and a program using several devices appears under each one.
• Keep identical device names distinct with stable numbered labels during the app session.
• Add monochrome microphone/camera controls with an explanation when temporary per-app access revocation is unavailable.
• Add force quit: click the X to reveal a warning, then deliberately click again to close the matching processes. The warning expires after ten seconds and cancels on Escape, refresh, or leaving the popup.
• Show device activity that cannot be attributed under Device not identified.

Fixes and compatibility

• Fix popup shutdown errors and preserve readable executable paths in right-to-left layouts.
• Handle camera stop reports, callbacks arriving out of order, and programs using several devices without duplicate app-only rows.
• Microphone attribution uses Core Audio. Per-camera attribution uses Windows sensor activity reports on Windows 10 version 1703 and newer; Windows privacy records remain a fallback. Detection depends on the activity Windows and the driver expose.
• Device monitoring reads usage metadata without recording audio or video. Force quit closes the matching app processes across all devices.

Install

Download and run PrivacyDotSetup.exe, or use Settings → Check for updates in PrivacyDot. This release is not code-signed.

Validation: release build and all 41 tests passed; the Windows camera monitor initialized and received activity callbacks. Simultaneous physical-device capture was not exercised.

Installer SHA-256: 01262B340DE167A6489EE5F07ADF65A30DD670CD79759A2675F2E9DB5D4D982A

PrivacyDot v0.2.2

Fixes

• Prevents obsolete Slack microphone records left active in the Windows privacy registry from keeping PrivacyDot green after that Slack executable exits or is replaced by an update.
• Limits the correction to %LOCALAPPDATA%\slack\app-<numeric-version>\slack.exe microphone records with no stop timestamp and a 30-second grace period.
• Keeps the warning visible whenever the exact Slack executable is running or process inspection is uncertain; Core Audio detections, camera records, and look-alike paths are never suppressed.
• Adds regression coverage for stale, live, uncertain, recent, non-microphone, Core Audio, and look-alike cases.

Install

Download PrivacyDotSetup.exe below and run it. Windows may show an unknown-publisher warning because this release is not code-signed.

SHA-256: 6A6011255F32145A5F192AB7F47B6A9DFBCCB7235B8044A37B4D6C71BF7A3FD8

PrivacyDot v0.2.1

Fixes

• Fixed the .NET Framework exception that occurred when localized tray tooltip text, including French, exceeded Windows’ 63-character limit.
• Shortens long tray tooltips at safe Unicode text boundaries.
• Kept languages in their dedicated submenu and made it open left or right based on available monitor space, preventing it from disappearing beyond a screen edge.
• Added regression coverage for every supported language, French startup, Unicode tooltip handling, submenu structure, and screen-edge positioning.

Install

Download PrivacyDotSetup.exe below and run it. Windows may show an unknown-publisher warning because this release is not code-signed.

SHA-256: 937B2C58CA7409F2D30D624CDE825BD2476226974F112F020213671FCB1EB3AE

PrivacyDot v0.2.0

What’s new

• Added a Settings menu with language and update controls.
• Added English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Standard Arabic, and Russian localization.
• Added secure GitHub update checks and a small update-available note at the bottom of Settings.
• Standardized the product name as PrivacyDot throughout the application.
• Hardened update downloads, installer scripts, registry inspection, and the GitHub Actions workflow.

Install

Download PrivacyDotSetup.exe below and run it. Windows may show an unknown-publisher warning because this release is not code-signed.

SHA-256: 88CC2F7B6382EF1B50EEA50DB3F0A2C5B9470AE1FCE054BD791365AA32A872FF

PrivacyDot v0.1.2

Adds dark mode support for the popup and tray context menu, and adds the MIT License. Installer targets Windows 7 SP1 and newer via .NET Framework 4.8.

PrivacyDot v0.1.1

Repo polish release with a simpler flat PrivacyDot icon, executable icon metadata, README presentation updates, and Windows CI. Installer targets Windows 7 SP1 and newer via .NET Framework 4.8.

PrivacyDot v0.1.0

Initial PrivacyDot release. Installer targets Windows 7 SP1 and newer via .NET Framework 4.8, installs per-user, creates Start Menu and Startup shortcuts, and launches the tray indicator.