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Privacy Policy

Effective October 17, 2026

This policy explains what information CW NET de KJ5MTE (“the Activity”) uses, why, and where it goes. The Activity is a hobby project run by KJ5MTE. It is built to use as little information as it needs and to keep almost nothing.

In short

Information from Discord

When you launch the Activity, Discord asks you to authorize it with the “identify” permission. That gives the Activity your Discord user ID, username, display name and avatar. It does not give access to your email address, messages, servers or friends list.

To sign you in, the Activity’s server exchanges a one-time code from Discord for an access token and passes the token back to your device. The server does not store the token.

Your user ID, names and avatar are sent to the other people in the same Activity session so they can see who is sending. The server holds them in memory only while you are connected, and does not write them to disk.

To show avatars, the Activity’s server fetches avatar images from Discord’s image service and passes them to the people in your session. It keeps a copy in memory for up to six hours so it doesn’t fetch the same image repeatedly, and never writes them to disk.

Your keying

When you send, the Activity transmits the timing of each key press and release, plus your chosen tone, to the other people in your session as it happens. Decoding into text happens on each person’s own device. The server passes these key events along and does not save them, and it does not see the decoded text.

Each participant’s device keeps the current session’s transmissions in memory so they can be shown and replayed. That copy disappears when the Activity is closed. Other participants could record what you send with their own tools.

Microphone (audio input)

If you choose audio input, your browser asks for permission to use your microphone. The audio is analyzed on your own device to detect a tone, and only the resulting key presses and releases are sent, exactly as with a keyboard. Audio is never sent to the server or to other people, and is not recorded.

Audio input in your browser (companion tab)

Discord doesn’t let Activities use the microphone, so audio input can run in a separate browser tab that you open from the Activity. The Activity asks the server for a link containing a random one-time code. The code works once, expires after 5 minutes, and only links to your own session while your Activity is open. Once linked, the tab gets a second random code, kept in that tab only, so it can reconnect after a refresh. All codes are held in the server’s memory and are deleted when you leave the session.

The tab analyzes your microphone on your own device, exactly as described above, and sends only key presses and releases. These go to the other people in your session under your name, and to your Activity so you can see your own sending. Your Discord name and avatar are shown in the tab so you can confirm which session it’s linked to. The tab saves its own settings, such as tone frequency and decoder, in that browser’s local storage.

Chat

Messages you type in the chat column are sent to everyone in your session, with your Discord display name. The server passes them on and doesn't store them; each person sees them only while their Activity is open. Anyone in the session could copy or screenshot what you write.

Saving a line's audio

When you use a line's save button, the Activity sends that line's key timing (how long each tone and gap lasted) and its tone to the server, which builds an audio file for you to download. No audio is uploaded. The server keeps the timing in memory for up to 15 minutes so the download link works, then deletes it; anyone with the link could download the file during that time.

Settings saved on your device

The Activity saves your preferences in your browser’s local storage, including your speed, tone, volume, input mode, paddle keys, decoder settings, any custom tones you set for other operators, and which operators you have muted. Custom tones and mutes are saved against those operators’ Discord user IDs so they apply when you meet again. Muting someone only affects what you hear; they are not told. This information stays on your device. You can remove it by clearing your browser or Discord storage. The Activity does not use cookies.

Server logs

The server keeps technical logs to keep it running and fix problems. They record when sign-in requests happen, the IP address each request came from, and any errors, including error messages returned by Discord. These logs are not used to track or profile anyone, are kept only as long as they are useful for troubleshooting, and are not shared except where the law requires it.

Other services involved

Several services handle your connection on the way to the Activity, and each has its own privacy policy:

These services may process technical information such as your IP address as part of delivering the connection.

Children

You must meet Discord’s minimum age requirement for your country to use Discord and the Activity. The Activity does not knowingly collect information from anyone below that age.

Your choices

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated. The date at the top shows when it last changed.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to KJ5MTE through bayousquid.com.

See also the Terms of Service.