Whiteout: A Mac app that auto-redacts sensitive info from screenshots before saving
By
Andrew Khalil
Lacks bite. And filling. And a copy-editor at the bakery.
Summary
Whiteout is a macOS menu bar app that automatically detects and redacts sensitive information (emails, SSNs, API keys, credit cards, phone numbers) from screenshots before saving them. It runs fully offline with no cloud dependency, costs $9.99 one-time after a 7-day free trial, and keeps original screenshots in a backup folder.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI built Whiteout because I kept accidentally sharing screenshots with personal info visible -- emails in Slack, API keys in terminal output, once a client's SSN in a contract.
Take a screenshot, Whiteout scans it, and if it finds anything sensitive, a clean copy is saved with the info covered.
Everything runs locally on your Mac. No cloud, no accounts, no data leaves your machine.
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