iCloak

Audio Protection Device
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▼ DEVICE MANUAL / FAQ
▶ What is audio cloaking?
Audio cloaking adds imperceptible noise to music files that prevents AI companies from using your songs to train their models without consent. It's based on psychoacoustic principles that exploit differences between human and machine hearing, protecting artists' intellectual property. Learn more about the research.
▶ How does cloaking work?
iCloak uses psychoacoustic masking to add imperceptible noise that confuses AI models while preserving audio quality for human listeners. The process adds carefully crafted perturbations that exploit how AI systems process audio differently than human hearing.
▶ Will this hurt audio?
No, the cloaking process is designed to be imperceptible to human ears. The added noise is carefully tuned to stay below the threshold of human hearing while being effective against AI models.
▶ Will Spotify reject it?
Streaming platforms like Spotify focus on audio quality and metadata compliance rather than detecting cloaking. The processed audio maintains high quality and should upload normally.
▶ Does it survive MP3?
Lossy compression like MP3 can reduce the effectiveness of cloaking as it removes some audio information. For best protection, use lossless formats like FLAC or WAV when possible.
▶ Is it future-proof?
Cloaking provides protection against current AI models but isn't guaranteed to work against all future systems. It's an arms race between protection methods and AI advancement.
▶ Why are processed files bigger?
The output is saved as uncompressed WAV format to preserve all the protective noise patterns. Your original compressed file gets expanded to full quality, which increases file size.
▶ What do the technical details mean?
The verification panel shows technical metrics to confirm protection was applied:
• SHA-256 hashes - unique fingerprints that prove files are different
• Processing time - how long the cloaking algorithm took to run
• Sample rate - audio quality (48kHz = professional studio quality)
• SNR (Signal-to-Noise Ratio) - measures how much noise was added (higher = less audible)
• Added noise RMS - the actual volume level of protective noise added
These metrics verify the cloak was successfully applied while maintaining audio quality.
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