XNetMap Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 29, 2026

XNetMap is a macOS network-visibility and privacy utility.

What XNetMap analyzes

XNetMap may analyze information available on the Mac where it is running, including network connection metadata, remote IP addresses and hostnames, local process names, network ports, system-security settings, connected-device information, and local permission/peripheral status.

XNetMap is designed to analyze connection metadata rather than decrypt the contents of HTTPS traffic.

Local processing

Network-monitoring observations, generated reports, and the built-in local explanation/“Ask XNetMap” feature are designed to be processed on the user's Mac.

Internet connections made by XNetMap itself

The current XNetMap 1.0 interface uses third-party Internet resources to provide portions of its interface and map display. Those providers may receive standard web-request information such as the user's public IP address, user agent, request time, and requested resource:

• CARTO / CartoCDN — map style and map resources.
• Google Fonts — font resources.
• UNPKG — JavaScript/CSS libraries used by the interface.

XNetMap may also make Internet requests needed to identify or enrich remote network destinations. These requests are separate from the traffic being observed.

XNetMap does not intentionally send the contents of the user's captured network traffic or generated privacy reports to those UI/map providers.

Administrator access

Optional deeper scanning can require administrator authorization because macOS restricts access to certain packet metadata. Administrator authorization is used to enable local inspection capabilities.

Purchases

If XNetMap is purchased through a third-party merchant of record, that payment provider processes billing, tax, fraud-prevention, and transaction information under its own privacy policy. XNetMap does not need to receive full payment-card details.

Data retention

XNetMap may create local diagnostic or report files on the user's Mac. A startup diagnostic log may be written to:

~/xnetmap-crash.log

Users control local files and can delete them using normal macOS file-management tools.

Security

No software can guarantee absolute security. XNetMap's findings, scores, labels, and risk assessments are informational aids and should not be treated as a guarantee that a Mac or network is secure.

Changes

This policy may be updated as XNetMap adds features, service providers, or commercial infrastructure. The current policy should always match the behavior of the version being distributed.