Privacy Policy

Last updated 27 August 2026. This policy covers the Alien Lights iOS and Android apps and alienlights.net.

What the app does

Alien Lights finds LED controllers on your local network and sends lighting commands to them. A login is optional. You can run a show with no account and no internet.

Data we do not collect

We do not sell data. We do not use ad networks. We do not track usage analytics in the app. Light commands, colors, and device state stay between your phone and your controllers.

Local use

On the same wifi as your lights, the app talks to those devices directly. Nothing about the show is sent to our servers.

Optional account

If you sign in (Google, Apple, GitHub, or Okta), those providers only confirm who you are. We store your account identity, a public key and network address for each phone or device you claim, and which account owns which device. Access tokens are stored as one-way hashes. Sign-in is only so the same claimed devices work on another phone.

Remote connections

If you use a galaxy-enabled device away from home, your phone and device set up an encrypted tunnel. Our coordination service only passes public keys and addresses so they can find each other. We cannot read tunnel traffic.

Permissions

Local network: find lights on your wifi. Camera and photos: scan or import a QR show. Microphone: optional beat-sync. You can refuse any of these; the rest of the app still works.

Website

alienlights.net may log standard request metadata (time, path, coarse region) to operate the site and downloads. We do not build advertising profiles.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

We will update this page if the practices change. The date at the top is the latest version.