Marketplace alerts without handing anyone your Facebook login
Want marketplace alerts without giving anyone your Facebook password? Pouncify watches from your own computer, needs no Facebook login to start, and sends every new match to your phone within minutes. If you ever do sign in, you do it on Facebook's own page in a browser window on your machine, and the session stays there.
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- Where does the watching happen? On a company's servers, or on your own computer? Pouncify watches from yours.
- Does it need your Facebook password at all? Pouncify watches Facebook Marketplace without a login.
- If you do sign in, where does the session live? With Pouncify, in a browser profile on your own machine, and signing in is optional.
- What leaves your machine? With Pouncify, only the alerts you set up, plus anonymous crash reports and usage statistics.
Do marketplace alert apps need your Facebook password?
Some do and some do not; the difference is where the watching happens. A tool that watches Facebook Marketplace works in one of three ways:
- A service that asks for your Facebook email and password on its own website or app, so its servers can sign in as you and run your searches from there.
- A tool on your own computer with a Facebook session kept there, in a browser profile on your disk, so the password is typed into Facebook and goes nowhere else.
- A tool that reads only what Facebook shows a logged-out visitor, which needs no password from anyone.
Pouncify uses the last two, both on your own computer, and login is optional. Out of the box it watches Facebook Marketplace as a logged-out visitor; if you sign in for more, fresher listings over a bigger radius, the session lives in a local browser profile on your machine. Your password is never typed into anything of ours.
What happens if you give a website your Facebook login?
A website that holds your Facebook email and password can do anything on Facebook that you can do, and you cannot watch it doing so. Facebook's own security help says: "Don't use your Facebook password anywhere else online, and never share it with other people" (Keep your Facebook profile secure). Keep the session on your own computer and you have nothing to revoke later.
What does Pouncify do with a Facebook login?
Pouncify never asks for your Facebook password, and signing in is optional. If you choose to sign in, the app opens a browser window on your computer showing Facebook's own login page; you type your details there, the app never sees or stores the password, and the session is kept in a local browser profile under your own user folder. With or without a login the app is read-only: it looks at listings that match your search and never messages, posts, bids or buys. To stop, sign out in the same browser window or wipe the app's data in one click.
Can you get Facebook Marketplace alerts without logging in at all?
Yes. Pouncify watches Facebook Marketplace without a login, and Craigslist, OfferUp and Kijiji need no login either, so a search can run from install to alert with no password typed anywhere. Logged out, the app sees the listings Facebook shows any visitor near your search's location and alerts your phone the same way. Start without a login, see what your search finds, and sign in later only if you want the wider view.
What leaves your computer?
Only the alerts you set up, plus anonymous crash reports and usage statistics; never your logins, your listings or your location. Alerts go through the channel you chose, with your own credentials for that channel: a push to the paired phone app, a Telegram message, an email or a Discord message. Crash reports say what broke inside the app's own code, with the app version and operating system, scrubbed of your search text. Usage statistics travel under a random install identifier with no name, email, purchase or location attached.
Everything else stays on your machine: the marketplace checking, the listings the app finds, your saved searches, your settings and, if you added one, your Facebook session, all in a local folder under your user profile that a one-click reset wipes. There is no Pouncify account. The privacy page is the complete list.
New listings on your phone, within minutes
Pouncify is a free Windows and macOS app that watches Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, OfferUp in the United States and Kijiji in Canada from your own computer. Tell it once what you are hunting, and it sends each new listing that matches to your phone within minutes of it going live, with the photo, the price and where it is, or to Telegram, email or Discord. No account with us, no marketplace login required.
Questions
Does Pouncify ever see my Facebook password?
No. If you choose to sign in, you type it into Facebook's own login page in a browser window on your computer, and the session stays in a local browser profile there.
Can I use Pouncify without logging in to Facebook at all?
Yes. Pouncify watches Facebook Marketplace without a login, and Craigslist, OfferUp and Kijiji need no login either.
Can a marketplace alert app get my Facebook account banned?
Signing in is optional, so you decide whether your account is involved at all. If you sign in, the app is read-only from your own computer: it never messages, posts, bids or buys. We cannot speak for Facebook's decisions about any account, which is why the app works without one.
Is Pouncify free?
Yes. The free plan watches one search per marketplace with alerts on every channel, with no account and no card; the iPhone and Android apps are free too. A paid plan adds more searches and around-the-clock checking.
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