🐾 Watchdog (on-device)
LEON runs locally (no account, no cloud) to surface which apps phone-home, where, and how often. You get plain-language alerts and one-tap fixes—no paranoia, just clarity.
LEON is a local-first watchdog and the backbone of a user-owned data pipeline. Catch shady traffic, see the value of your attention, and—when you’re ready—route it into a commons that pays people and serves communities.
LEON runs locally (no account, no cloud) to surface which apps phone-home, where, and how often. You get plain-language alerts and one-tap fixes—no paranoia, just clarity.
We estimate the monthly value you retain by blocking leaks (attention, identifiers, intent trails). It starts with peace of mind and grows into measurable dollars.
When you opt in, normalized telemetry flows—privacy-preserved—into a Canadian research commons. You set terms. Data bounties route value back to people and places.
Today, platforms harvest first; people get whatever’s left. LEON flips that: capture ethically at the edge, value it, then share—on your terms—into a commons that funds public good.
VPN-based per-app traffic map. Sensor use checks. Privacy grades with auto-remedies. Nothing leaves your device without explicit consent.
Heuristics + models convert messy telemetry into leak profiles and a personal “Data Dollar” estimate. You see what blocking is worth.
Opt-in flows to accredited researchers/civic partners. Data bounties pay back users/communities; audits guarantee use is public-interest.
We default to local-first. Sharing is explicit, revocable, and logged.
Docs, SDKs, and governance will be published as we go—so others can build with us.
Data residency, public-benefit licensing, and civic alignment (universities, municipalities).
Samizdat is our cultural lab: essays, experiments, and the long-form story of building a humane data economy—right down to the smell of the machine. If you want the “why,” start here.
We’re forming a coalition across universities, municipalities, and mission-aligned labs to prove a better way to handle behavioral data—rooted in consent, residency, and public benefit.