Privacy Policy
Foldesk does not sell or share your personal data. We don't run analytics or advertising, and there is no account to create.
What stays on your device
- The computers you save: name, address, port and username, kept in the app's own storage.
- Passwords and pairing keys, kept in the Keychain on your device only.
- Your settings, session history and a small preview image of each computer's last session.
Deleting a computer or the app removes this data. None of it is sent to us.
Connecting on your own network
At home or in the office, Foldesk connects directly from your iPhone or Mac to computers you control, using the VNC (RFB) protocol or macOS Screen Sharing. Screen images, keystrokes and clipboard text go only between your device and that computer. Standard VNC traffic is not encrypted, so use it on a network you trust.
Connecting from anywhere
If you turn on access from anywhere, your device and your computer meet through a Foldesk relay: servers we rent in France and India. Everything that passes through is encrypted between your device and your computer with a key that only they hold, so we cannot see your screen, your keystrokes or your passwords.
To connect the two, the relay necessarily sees the internet addresses of both devices and a random ID for your computer. It keeps a short technical log of when a computer comes online and goes offline. It does not record what passes through, and we do not use any of this to identify you or build a profile.
You can turn access from anywhere off at any time in Foldesk for Mac. A VPN such as Tailscale works too, and then nothing passes through our relay.
Screen recording on your Mac
Foldesk for Mac can ask for permission to record that Mac's screen. It uses this only to send a smoother picture to your own devices after they have signed in to that Mac with its user name and password. The picture is never stored and is never sent to us.
Dictation
When you tap the microphone, Foldesk uses Apple's Speech framework to turn your words into text and types it on your computer. Where your language supports it, recognition happens on the device; otherwise Apple processes the audio under Apple's privacy policy. The microphone is used only while dictation is on, and no audio or text is sent to us.
Local network and camera
iOS and macOS ask for local network permission. Foldesk uses it to find Macs that advertise Screen Sharing on your Wi-Fi, and to connect to them. The camera is used only to scan a pairing code shown by Foldesk on your computer.
Purchases
Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are processed by Apple. We receive no payment details. Apple's privacy policy covers those transactions.
Children
Foldesk is not directed at children.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and its effective date. Questions: foldesk@propvr.ai.