That is cool that it works offline. I will not use it because I don't like the voices. The free meditation app I would recommend is the Healthy Minds program[1]. I have also seen Medito recommended, but the thing that I like about the HM Program is that it is a very straight curriculum, instead of various options scattered as options.
HM looks great, but looks like they collect lot of personal data.
From their privacy policy:
The personal information we collect may include:
Name
User name
Email address
Gender
Birthday (month/year)
Ethnicity
Relationship Status
Number of Family Members/Children/Children under 13
Experience with Meditation
User generated content
We may collect other information that does not reveal your specific identity, such as:
IP Address or other unique device identifier
Information collected through cookies, pixel tags or other technologies
App usage data
Geo-location information
User generated content
Device generated data
I agree, I wish they took privacy more seriously, as more software should.
Looking at it optimistically, they don't sell or share with data brokers/advertisers, you can block the offensive connections with a firewall, and the app doesn't ask for any information that is particularly sensitive.
Additionally, they use data people choose to share to improve the scientific understanding of meditation and mindfulness. I am someone that values privacy, but I don't find it egregious to use this app.
I'm glad you like it! It's been wonderful for me as well. The creators recently released a book called Born to Flourish[1]—if you're interested, I can share the eBook and/or Audiobook.
Does anyone ever worry about prompt injection attacks against yourself in these?
When I was into hypnosis and NLP between one and two decades ago, I used to worry about what the instructions were once I was hypnotized. I lacked the terminology then but there days we would call these prompt injections, just against the human brain.
I guess social engineering is another form, although that's probably more akin to a CSRF or flawed auth logic exploit.
[1]https://www.humin.org/wellbeing-tools/app
From their privacy policy:
The personal information we collect may include:
Name User name Email address Gender Birthday (month/year) Ethnicity Relationship Status Number of Family Members/Children/Children under 13 Experience with Meditation User generated content We may collect other information that does not reveal your specific identity, such as:
IP Address or other unique device identifier Information collected through cookies, pixel tags or other technologies App usage data Geo-location information User generated content Device generated data
Looking at it optimistically, they don't sell or share with data brokers/advertisers, you can block the offensive connections with a firewall, and the app doesn't ask for any information that is particularly sensitive.
Additionally, they use data people choose to share to improve the scientific understanding of meditation and mindfulness. I am someone that values privacy, but I don't find it egregious to use this app.
[1] https://www.humin.org/wellbeing-tools/books/born-to-flourish
When I was into hypnosis and NLP between one and two decades ago, I used to worry about what the instructions were once I was hypnotized. I lacked the terminology then but there days we would call these prompt injections, just against the human brain.
I guess social engineering is another form, although that's probably more akin to a CSRF or flawed auth logic exploit.