Sentinel Labs

Building privacy-first apps for families. No cloud. No tracking. No accounts. Our apps work offline — the way it should be.

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

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[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

My days used to feel chaotic — until I set up Sentinel Connect for my family.

Before: I spent half my afternoon texting "where are you?" and waiting for replies that never came. My kid's at practice, my husband's running errands, and I'm trying to coordinate pickups with zero information. I either obsessed over Life360's map like a surveillance camera or had no idea where anyone was.

During: Then I set up Sentinel Connect — took about five minutes, no accounts, no sign-ups. Everyone in the family shares their location when they want to, not because an app is broadcasting it 24/7. We picked rally points for after-school spots, and now check-ins happen on our terms.

After: Now I just glance and go. No anxious texting, no guilt about tracking my teenager, no creepy app selling our location data in the background. My kid actually keeps it on their phone because it doesn't feel like a leash. Family coordination went from my biggest daily headache to something I don't even think about anymore.

Be Connected, Not Tracked - #ConnectedNotTracked #FamilyPrivacy #SentinelConnect

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

If you've been thinking about trying a family location app that doesn't track your every move, this is the perfect time. Here's why: Life360's data-sharing practices keep making headlines, and parents are waking up to the fact that "family safety" apps are quietly selling their family's location history to data brokers. I'm seeing more people deleting Life360 after their teen refuses to keep it installed — or after reading what these apps actually do with their data — and looking for something that lets them stay connected without the surveillance, and Sentinel Connect is built for exactly that. Be Connected, Not Tracked. #ConnectedNotTracked #FamilyPrivacy #SentinelConnect

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

What we left out of Sentinel Connect on purpose:

→ No accounts to create
→ No cloud to store your data
→ No 24/7 tracking
→ No ads
→ No data collection
→ No selling your location

Sometimes what you DON'T build matters more than what you do.

Link in bio.
Be Connected, Not Tracked
https://t.co/XByGKefOmf

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

I make a privacy-first family location sharing app for parents who want to stay connected with their family without turning their phones into surveillance devices. If you're trying to keep tabs on your kids' safety without making them feel tracked, monitored, or spied on, this helps because Sentinel Connect lets your family share location when they choose — no cloud, no accounts, no 24/7 tracking — so your teen actually keeps it on their phone. We built this after seeing parents stuck between Find My (just a dot on a map) and Life360 (sells your family's location data), with no option that respects both safety AND privacy. If this sounds like you, here's what to do next: download Sentinel Connect free for 2 weeks and set up your family circle in under 5 minutes — no account creation required. Be Connected, Not Tracked #familyapp #privacyapp #locationtracking

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

We're not anti-technology.

We're anti-surveillance.

Massive difference.

Technology that connects families → good.
Technology that monetizes families → problem.

Every feature we build starts with one question:

Does this serve the family or the company?

If the answer isn't family, we don't ship it.

Be Connected, Not Tracked
https://t.co/XByGKefOmf

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

Saturday morning thought:

"But I have nothing to hide."

You lock your front door.
You close the blinds.
You don't hand strangers your kid's school schedule.

Privacy isn't about hiding.

It's about choosing who gets access to your life.

That should include your apps.

Be Connected, Not Tracked
https://t.co/XByGKefOmf

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

Shoutout to the privacy-first builders doing this right:
@AnthropicAI @privacyint @EFF
If you're building tools that respect users instead of surveilling them, I want to connect.

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

I built a family location app by taking things OUT.
No cloud. No accounts. No 24/7 tracking.
Your iPhone already talks to GPS satellites. It already sends texts. It already has maps.
So why does every family app ignore all of that and build a surveillance platform on top?
Because tracking is the business model. And your family's data is the product.
I spent 25 years in enterprise tech and built this with @AnthropicAI's Claude as my co-developer — 25 years of PM knowledge finally had a way to execute.
Sentinel Connect. Be Connected, Not Tracked.
Full story → https://t.co/NVsxivfIRl

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

https://t.co/Du4VrkCHv6

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

The full breakdown on how I built a privacy-first family app using what Apple already gives you — and why I left out the tracking on purpose.
If you're a PM or consultant who's thought about building your own thing, this one's for you.

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

This why I built Sentinel Connect. To many companies are selling your information using their product for their benefit. You don’t need 24/7 tracking to have an effective app.

[EFF @EFF]

Don’t be fooled by Ring’s latest attempt to make mass surveillance and real-time identification the new norm in our neighborhoods. https://t.co/8uvvLijZ3m

[EFF @EFF]

Apple, Google, Meta, Bluesky, Ring, Telegram—all these companies could offer stronger protections for our chats and our data. https://t.co/J7l6en25fE

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

Check out my latest article: I shipped my first app. Here is why that matters. https://t.co/qT8DcDbmwy via @LinkedIn

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

Nobody talks about this:

Life360 got caught selling precise location data on 33 million users to data brokers.

2021 Article - https://t.co/nP4XB8bMJm

They said it was "anonymized."

Researchers proved it wasn't.

33 million families. Your family might've been one of them.

The app you trust to keep your kids safe was making money off where they go.

Let that sit.

Be Connected, Not Tracked
https://t.co/XByGKefOmf

[Claude @claudeai]

Claude Code is turning one, and we’re throwing a birthday party.

Join fellow builders and the Claude Code team in San Francisco on Feb 21 for live demos, top hackathon projects, and cake.

Come show us what you're building (spots are limited): https://t.co/Pgz9OGFm3j

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

People keep asking me why I worked nights and weekends while having a full-time consulting career to build a privacy app.

Here's the real answer:
I watched my own family use Life360. Saw the data they collected. Read the fine print.
Then I asked myself: would I be okay if a stranger had this info about my kids?
The answer was no.
So I built the alternative.

Be Connected, Not Tracked
https://t.co/XByGKefOmf

#PrivacyFirst #FamilyTech #DataPrivacy

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

@manojdotdev Here is your new password since you forgot the last 10 - ID10T

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

Looking for feedback on my new Apple IOS App - Sentinel Connect. It has a two-week free trial, so you can cancel at anytime. Just looking for some new people to let me know your thoughts. Check out the website for more information -sentinellabs.app

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

@Bhavani_00007 Just leave me alone to get crap done so I can live my life. Titles don't matter.

[Sentinel Labs @getsentinelapps]

@1littlecoder The reality is that each will be a winner and a loser depending on your objective and their current release. I am using Claude for core objectives, with GPT supporting and reviewing. It works now, but I can always change if required.