Privacy

Privacy Policy

No account. No analytics. No custody server.

1. Scope

This policy covers the Aperture application for iOS and iPadOS, a non-custodial, open-source cryptocurrency wallet published at aperturex.io with source code at github.com/devdasx/aperture.

It describes what data the app handles, where that data lives, and what third parties are technically able to observe when the app talks to blockchain networks on your behalf.

2. Data Aperture collects: none

Aperture operates no servers of its own, requires no account, and contains no analytics, telemetry, crash-reporting, or advertising code.

We do not collect identity data, age or demographic data, private keys, recovery phrases, addresses, balances, transaction history, usage analytics, device fingerprints, or advertising identifiers.

3. Data stored on your device

Everything the app needs lives in its private sandbox on your iPhone: your wallet database, encrypted key material, cached balances and prices, and preferences.

Deleting the app deletes this local data. On first launch after reinstall, Aperture wipes credentials it previously stored in the system keychain so a deleted wallet cannot silently return.

4. Device permissions

Face ID and Touch ID are evaluated by iOS. Aperture receives only a yes-or-no result and never sees biometric data.

Camera access is used only to scan wallet-address and payment QR codes. Photo library add-only access is used only when you explicitly save a QR image.

5. Network requests to third-party infrastructure

A wallet must talk to blockchains. When Aperture reads balances, fetches history, estimates fees, or broadcasts transactions, your device connects directly to third-party services such as Electrum servers, JSON-RPC providers, block explorers, and market-price services.

Those services may technically observe your IP address, the addresses and transactions you query, and request timing. They cannot see your private keys, recovery phrase, PIN, or biometrics.

6. Blockchain transactions are public

When you send a transaction, it is broadcast to a public network and recorded on a public ledger. Anyone can see the sending address, receiving address, amount, and time. This is a property of public blockchains, not of Aperture.

7. Optional iCloud backup

If you enable it, Aperture can store an encrypted backup of your recovery phrase in your personal iCloud. The phrase is encrypted on your device before upload. Neither Apple nor Aperture can decrypt it without the backup password.

There is no recoverable copy of your backup password anywhere. If you lose it, the backup is permanently unreadable.

8. Children and age

Aperture collects no age data because there is no account to attach it to. The app is intended for adults who have reached the age of majority in their jurisdiction.

9. Your rights and choices

Privacy laws grant rights to access, correct, delete, and port personal data, and to opt out of its sale. Aperture holds no personal data about you, so there is nothing for us to disclose, correct, sell, or delete.

To erase local wallet data, delete the app. If you created an encrypted backup, delete it from iCloud storage settings.

10. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page. Revisions are version-controlled in the public repository.

11. Contact

Questions about this policy can be raised publicly by opening an issue at github.com/devdasx/aperture, or by contacting support through aperturex.io/support.

The authoritative version of this policy lives at aperturex.io/privacy.