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# Security & Privacy
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## General
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F-Chat Rising does not collect any personal information about you, your computer, or anything else, other than what is necessary to connect you to F-Chat.
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No data about your sessions, chats, characters, passwords, et cetera, is shared with the F-Chat Rising developers.
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## Connectivity
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F-Chat Rising connects to the following hosts:
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* `f-list.net` – FChat, FList, profiles, character search, authentication, character images, etc.
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* `github.com` – F-Chat Rising [update checks](./electron/pack.js)
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* `easylist.to`, `adblockplus.org`, `adtidy.org`, `githubusercontent.com` – [ad blocker updates](./electron/blocker/blocker.ts)
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* `xariah.net` – [eicon updates](./learn/eicon/updater.ts)
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Your character name, password, messages, and any other private data is only sent to `f-list.net`; the other services are queried anonymously.
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Your IP address will be exposed to all of these services.
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## Link Previews
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When the 'Link Preview' feature is used, F-Chat Rising will connect to the URL being previewed and any other hosts that are linked from the page being previewed.
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* F-Chat Rising uses [@cliqz/adblocker](https://github.com/ghostery/adblocker) to block as many ads and trackers as possible.
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* Using the Link Preview feature will expose you to similar risks that opening a link in your web browser does.
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* If you are concerned about your security or privacy, consider disabling the link preview feature in F-Chat Rising settings.
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* In some cases F-Chat Rising uses 'proxy services' that help formatting Link Previews. For example:
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* Twitter previews are proxied through `api.fxtwitter.com`
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* YouTube previews are proxied through `yewtu.be`
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## High-Quality Portraits
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When 'High-Quality Portraits' feature is used, F-Chat Rising may connect to the following additional domains:
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* iili.io
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* e621.net
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* imgur.com
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* freeimage.host
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* redgifs.com
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If you are concerned about your security or privacy, consider disabling the high quality portraits feature in F-Chat Rising settings.
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## Locally Stored Data
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F-Chat Rising stores data on your computer. This data contains conversation logs, settings, cache, and other
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information such as custom dictionary words. By default, the data is stored in:
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| **Operating System** | **Data Path** |
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| Windows | `%AppData%\fchat` |
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| MacOS | `~/Library/Application Support/fchat` |
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| Linux | `~/.config/fchat` |
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F-List account usernames and passwords are stored in a secure datastore provided by your operating system.
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For more information, see [electron safeStorage](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/safe-storage).
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