User Privacy
User Generated Content
Has this ever happened to you?
You’re in the zone typing out your latest trillion-dollar idea in the form of a UL Trello shortcut when, suddenly, your neck hairs stand on end. Because it just occurred to you:
Is everything I type in this magic machine being saved in a database? Does it get encrypted beforehand? Moreover, will Mason be able to steal it and all the credit, any/all of my best ideas for apps that…?
Rest easy. While I’m sure you have extremely high quality, even steal-worthy, ideas, and respect that that is why we’re all so rich already, Universal Launcher doesn’t need to store anything you write off your nearest supported device. If we did need to, we’d encrypt it, your latest IP, but, at least with UL’s current feature set, we don’t.
If that changes, if like, we decide to implement cross-device clipboard history sync and backup, we’ll let you know. And then opt out of that shit. UL 🧡 disobedient citizens and always will.
So keep on typing, type “Mason is pretty annoying, he should go eat shit for dinner.”
User Analytics
UL collects information related to how and how often you choose to use it or not. We’re kind of sorry about that, and it’s something we should back off of once we’re confident enough in the product, but, pre-revenue, it’s the only data we can use to grade ourselves.
That’s no excuse not to be transparent 👇
Events
| Event | Trigger |
|---|---|
| Launcher Opened | user opens their launcher (sent to analytics only, not stored in our database) |
| Command Run | user executes a shortcut |
| Command Saved | user creates or updates a shortcut |
| Plugin Installed | user installs a plugin |
| Plugin Uninstalled | user uninstalls a plugin |
Event Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| userId | user email |
| eventType | one of the events above |
| launcherOpenedWith | `'keyboard' | 'mouse'` |
| platform | `'desktop' | 'web' | 'ios' | 'android'` |
| version | ul app version |
| keyword | the keyword you typed |
| commandId | shortcut identifier (when applicable) |
| plugin | plugin identifier (when applicable) |
| navigator | your browser/app `appVersion` and `userAgent` |