This is the standard every project published by crenshawdev is held to, for the software itself and for the platforms it runs on. Each project's README carries a short version of it, plus a statement of exactly what that project sends off your machine.
- No telemetry, analytics or crash reporting.
- Nothing is collected about you.
- Data leaves your machine only for a service you configure, and only to that service.
- Each README states what the project sends and where. When the answer is nothing, the README says so.
A guarantee made by the software holds only as long as the operating system underneath doesn't undo it. Platform support is decided by three criteria, each checked against a default installation.
- Installing and using the system does not require a vendor account.
- The vendor does not hold a readable copy of the key to your encrypted disk.
- Collection of usage and diagnostic data is opt-in, or can be turned off completely.
Linux and macOS meet all three. Windows fails all three.
- Setup requires a Microsoft account, and Microsoft has been removing the ways around it since October 2025.
- When you sign in with a Microsoft account, the BitLocker recovery key is uploaded to Microsoft and stored where Microsoft can read it. Microsoft has confirmed it turns these keys over to law enforcement under warrant.
- Home and Pro editions send a minimum level of diagnostic data that cannot be turned off.
Running a project inside WSL or a virtual machine on a Windows host doesn't change this. The host still holds the disk, the keys and the account.
Issues opened from Windows are closed. Patches that add Windows support are not accepted. The license lets anyone fork a project and port it, and the port is theirs to maintain.
The criteria are checked against platforms as they ship. A supported platform that stops meeting them loses support. A platform that comes to meet them can be considered.