Plain-language privacy

The view stays local.

Skue is designed for direct camera viewing on your network, with local settings and no Verkheim account.

The short version

Skue stores camera names, stream addresses, and viewer preferences on your Mac. It connects directly to the camera system address you provide. The app does not require a Skue or Verkheim account and does not include analytics, telemetry, advertising, or remote crash reporting.

Using Skue does not send your camera streams or camera addresses to Verkheim.

Information stored on the Mac

Local Skue settings can include:

  • The names you assign to cameras.
  • The full RTSP stream addresses used to open those cameras.
  • The selected camera, window placement, and Stay on Top preference.
  • One private last-known-good copy of a successfully read camera list, used only if the main list becomes damaged.

These settings remain local unless you separately copy or synchronize them through another tool or service.

Skue records local diagnostic events through Apple’s unified logging system to help identify playback, network, update, and installer failures. Camera names, stream addresses, and access tokens are not included. Skue does not upload these logs or provide remote crash reporting.

Network connections

Skue uses the Mac’s local network permission to connect to the RTSP addresses you configure. Video travels between the Mac and that camera system. Your camera provider, network equipment, VPN, DNS, or other infrastructure may have its own logging and privacy behavior.

Skue also checks https://verkheim.com/skue/version.json at most once per day, or when you choose Check for Updates. The small file contains only the available version, build number, and Skue website address. The comparison happens on your Mac and uploads no camera information or settings.

This website

The Skue website is informational and is not required for everyday viewing. It does not host your camera streams, camera list, or personal Skue settings. Like ordinary hosted websites, the hosting provider may process routine request information needed to deliver pages and protect the service.

Questions

Send a private email with privacy questions. This page will be revised if a future release changes how Skue stores data or connects to services.