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Someone Was Here

Find out who used your Mac while you were away

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Many thanks to my ex for inspiring my new MacOS app, Someone Was Here.It takes a photo of whoever uses your Mac while you're away, whether you left it unlocked or they know your password, and sends their photo to your iPhone if the face isn't yours.I built Someone Was Here as a menu bar app making use of Apple Vision and a local face recognition run via Core ML. It all runs locally on your Mac with no tracking or ads.Real-time remote alerts are available via one-time $4.99 lifetime purchase via the free companion iPhone/iPad app, Pushover, ntfy, Telegram or a webhook.

HN · launched Nov 9, 2026 · 116 upvotes (top 11%) · 0 views

Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Security
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a menu bar Mac app that detects login or unlock events, takes a webcam photo, runs on-device face matching with Apple's Vision and Core ML frameworks, and pushes alerts through iCloud or a webhook, all achievable with Swift and standard Apple APIs.

Discussion

20 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: DoNotDisturb (Objective See), YubiKey

Concerns raised: App feels creepy and privacy-invasive, Unclear if it's spyware, $4.99 pricing perceived as monthly subscription, Lock-your-Mac advice is basic and overpriced

Feature requests: Email alerts instead of companion app

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 537 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #97 of 538 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 376 days after the earliest competitor.

  • MacSway · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • Put Where · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • Been - Your Private Location Log · ph · 2026-09-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • EasyGeotag · ph · 2026-09-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Gallerya · ph · 2026-10-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • MacAway · ph · 2026-10-07 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.43
  • Maccess · ph · 2026-08-22 · 198 upvotes · similarity 0.43
  • AppleFileViewer · ph · 2026-09-27 · 4 upvotes · similarity 0.43

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