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ApexCompanion 0.1.1: safer and more honest

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@kgorle1111 kgorle1111 released this 24 Oct 22:31
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Fixes from an 11-reviewer audit (independent verifier, senior AI engineer, critic, judge, users).

Safety and privacy

  • Site rules match only the front app and the tab address (host + path), never text read off the screen, so a page can no longer flip a verdict. YouTube Shorts always count as distracting; your OK list still wins. A rule hit skips the screenshot and the model entirely.
  • Spoken lines pass a word filter; a slur or injected instruction on screen is replaced by a fixed line instead of being read aloud.
  • Logs keep the site host, not the full address, store what was on screen only when a roast fires, and are readable only by you.
  • The coach no longer stops when the screen locks or the display sleeps.
  • The start notification says how to stop it: open ApexCompanion again.

Honest numbers
Headline is now the blind set: 15/16 clear-cut real web pages the prompt never saw (95% interval about 72 to 99%), 0 false roasts on clear-cut pages. Pooled with the tuning set: 40/41 across 51 pages. Web pages only; native apps are not yet evaluated.

Install: download ApexCompanion.zip, unzip, open, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (not notarized). Needs Apple Silicon, macOS 14+, 16 GB RAM, about 12 GB free disk for the one-time 8.3 GB model download. Steps: INSTALL.md.