RedactBar Watches the Places Secrets Usually Escape

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The product divides leak prevention across three local scans: clipboard patterns trigger clear, mask, or ignore actions; shell-history findings can be removed with a .bak safety copy; and project scans list .env files alongside gitignore status. The page says detection runs in native Swift without telemetry, while licensing and update checks are the stated exceptions to its local-only operation. Pricing is a $29 purchase covering up to three personal Macs, with optional paid updates after the first year.