Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 7, 2026

DWELL shows one sponsored line while ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are thinking, and pays the person watching in DWELL points (dollar-denominated reward credits, redeemable for USDC or Claude credits). This policy covers our Chrome extension, the terminal client, and the macOS app — the little bit of data we need to do that, and what we deliberately never touch.

What we never collect

• Your prompts and the model's answers. DWELL only detects the on/off "is it generating right now?" state of the page — never the content of what you ask or what the assistant replies.
• Your keystrokes. We don't log what you type into your browser, editor, or terminal.
• Your code and projects. File contents, repository names, and paths stay on your machine.

What we collect

• An anonymous device ID — a random identifier created on first run so we can attribute impressions and points. It is not tied to your name, and there is no account until you choose to sign in.
• Aggregate impression & click counts — which sponsored line served, when, and how many points you earned, recorded in an append-only ledger.
• Your email address — only if you sign in on dwellprotocol.com to see your points. We use it to send the magic-link login.
• A friend's email address — only if you choose to invite a friend from the extension's referral panel. We use it once to send that invitation, so you earn a share when they join.
• An account link — if you're signed in to dwellprotocol.com, the extension reads your dwellprotocol.com session token (on dwellprotocol.com only, the same token the site itself uses) and sends it to our server to connect this device to your account, so your points show in your portal. It's your own first-party session, used solely to link the device to you.
• Basic client info — the extension/app version and which supported site served the ad, to render the sponsored line correctly.

Who we share with

• Supabase — hosting, database, authentication, and storage of the counts above.
• Resend — sends the login magic link, only when you sign in.
• Stripe — processes advertisers' payments into the ad auction. It does not receive your data, and we never see anyone's full card details.

That's it. We never sell or rent your data, and we use what's listed above only to serve ads, credit your points, and (if you ask) invite your friends — nothing else.

Your choices

You can pause DWELL or uninstall at any time. Points you've already earned stay on your account's ledger and remain visible in the portal on dwellprotocol.com. Questions? Email support@contact.freeai.fyi.