Privacy, Trust, and Architecture
Short answer: Mimoto analyzes supported message history locally across iMessage (macOS) and WhatsApp (iOS), and never sends message content to remote analysis servers.
Does Mimoto upload my messages or send message content to a server?
No. Mimoto never uploads your message content, and message content is not sent to a server.
What does “on-device” mean in practice?
It means message parsing, analysis, and report generation run on your machine, not on a remote compute service handling your conversation content.
What data is stored locally?
Mimoto stores local app data needed to run and revisit analysis results, including imported chat data, generated outputs, settings, caches, and thumbnails. This storage is local to your device and supports reruns and review without cloud message hosting.
Can I delete local data?
Yes. You can delete local data by uninstalling the app and deleting any container folders created for app data or exports.
Does Mimoto use user data to train models?
No. Mimoto does not use your data to train models.
What permissions are required?
Mimoto for iMessage (macOS) requests access to:
- your Messages folder (which includes
chat.db, the SQLite source used for import) - your Contacts
Contacts access is required because the Messages database does not store full contact names directly; it stores identifiers that Mimoto links to your contacts so reports can show readable participant names.
Mimoto for WhatsApp on iOS uses a different platform-specific ingestion flow, but the same local-processing privacy boundary. In the iOS WhatsApp path, users explicitly choose which chats to export, so no broad contact-sharing permission is required.
Not a fit
Mimoto is not designed for shared team dashboards, organization-wide monitoring, or cloud collaboration workflows.