▶ Pribble for Journalism
Off the record means
off every server.
Source protection requires more than a good password. Pribble never sends audio or transcripts to the cloud — what your source says on tape stays on your machine, nowhere else. Works offline. No account. No log.
✖ Why the others fail you
Cloud storage and source protection are incompatible.
Cloud subpoenas are real
A cloud vendor that holds your interview recordings is a third party. Third parties can be subpoenaed. Shield laws protect reporters, not necessarily the company that stores their files.
Otter's class action
Otter.ai faced class-action claims over audio processing. Any service that stores your source interviews is a liability — for you and for the source who agreed to speak on background.
Off the record means off every server
When a source says 'off the record,' they're trusting you. Uploading that conversation to any cloud service — even one you trust — transfers that trust to a company they never spoke to.
Breach is always someone else's fault
Cloud vendors get breached. When they do, your source list becomes someone else's problem to contain. The only way to guarantee protection is to never create the off-device record.
✓ How Pribble protects your sources
The recording stays with you. Full stop.
Audio never reaches a server
WhisperKit transcribes entirely on your Mac's Neural Engine. The recording, the transcript, the notes — none of it touches a cloud server at any point in the workflow.
Lockdown: content can't leave
Flip Lockdown before a sensitive interview and Pribble enforces that no conversation content can be sent to any cloud AI. The network monitor logs every request — you'll see the silence.
Works completely offline
No internet connection required. Record in the field, in a parking garage, in a country with surveillance concerns. Transcription and notes run on your hardware, not a data center.
No account, no profile, no log
Pribble doesn't require an email or login. There's no usage record, no session history on any server, no account to subpoena or hack.
Local files you own
Recordings live in ~/Documents/Pribble/Recordings/. Export to Markdown or plaintext. Delete when you're done. Your source's voice never leaves your machine.
Per-interview Sensitive flag
Mark any recording Sensitive and Pribble locks all AI to local models only — regardless of your default settings. One toggle, one interview, one guarantee.
The proof
Flip on Lockdown before the interview and Pribble can’t send anything about the conversation to the cloud — and the live network monitor shows every request it makes, so you’ll see the silence, too. Run Wireshark yourself.
Take notes like a friend was listening. A friend who keeps secrets.
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