Disclaimer

Last Updated: November 05, 2026

Welcome to FlashNote, the cross-browser writing workspace and extension (hereinafter referred to as “the Application” or “this Extension”). Before using this Application, please read and understand this Disclaimer (hereinafter referred to as “this Disclaimer”) thoroughly. By accessing, downloading, or using this Application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by all the terms of this Disclaimer.

For software licensing terms, please review our End User License Agreement (EULA); for personal data handling and our zero-tracking policy, please review our Privacy Policy.

1. Nature of the Software and Technical Neutrality

• Pure Local Authoring and Typesetting Tool: FlashNote is a browser sidebar Markdown writing workspace tailored for tech bloggers, content creators, researchers, and knowledge workers. The Application provides purely technical utilities, including Tiptap WYSIWYG editing, KaTeX mathematical formulas, Mermaid interactive diagrams, web clipping, and direct compilation pipelines for static blogs (such as MagicNote).
• No Hosting, No Moderation, and Content Neutrality: The Application does not own, operate, or maintain centralized content distribution servers, nor does it monitor, review, edit, filter, or endorse any text, diagram, or document created, stored, or published by users. The Application maintains absolute technical neutrality at all times.

2. User Content and Intellectual Property Liability

1. Autonomy of Creation and Clipping: Any action involving writing, editing, importing Markdown files, or capturing web content via web clipping tools is conducted strictly at the user’s sole discretion and initiative.
2. Intellectual Property Ownership and Compliance: Users retain full copyright ownership of original content created within FlashNote. Users represent and warrant that when utilizing web clipping, citing external materials, or embedding third-party multimedia, they strictly comply with all applicable copyright laws and regulations, have secured lawful licenses from rights holders, or fall legitimately within statutory fair use doctrines.
3. Exclusion of Infringement Liability: Any dispute, legal proceeding, claim, or damage arising from user clippings, citations, compilations, or publications that infringe upon third-party copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, privacy rights, or reputational rights shall be borne solely and entirely by the user. Aicrosoft and its development team disclaim any and all joint, secondary, or vicarious liability.

3. Third-Party Integrations, Blog Publishing, and Cloud Sync Disclaimer

• Peer-to-Peer Direct Communication: The Application allows users to configure direct connections to third-party cloud storage (such as WebDAV and personal cloud storage) or code hosting platforms (such as GitHub and Gitee) for incremental note synchronization and static blog publishing. All network requests are executed strictly point-to-point between the local browser client and target third-party APIs. The developer operates no relay servers and never intercepts user Personal Access Tokens (PAT) or document payloads.
• Third-Party Interruptions and Auth Failures: The developer disclaims all liability and warranties for failed blog publishing, interrupted image uploads, or sync anomalies resulting from third-party API adjustments, rate limits, token expirations, network fluctuations, or cloud outages.
• Version Conflict and Overwrite Risks: When concurrently editing notes across multiple devices, the Application endeavors to flag conflicts where possible. However, the developer bears no responsibility or liability for lost revision histories resulting from accidental user overwrites.

4. AI Writing Assistance Disclaimer

• Supplementary Generation Nature: The built-in AI writing assistance, grammatical polish, and outline generation features utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) to provide real-time creative references.
• No Guarantee of Absolute Accuracy: Due to inherent training data limitations, probabilistic generation mechanics, and knowledge latency, AI-generated output may contain factual inaccuracies, logical inconsistencies, grammatical errors, or confabulations (“hallucinations”). The developer makes no express or implied warranties regarding the veracity, precision, logical rigor, or domain-specific fitness of AI-generated content.
• Creator’s Independent Verification Duty: AI outputs serve solely as preliminary drafting and brainstorming aids and do not reflect the developer’s views. Before adopting, publishing, or relying on AI-generated content for professional or public decision-making, users must independently verify and validate all information, assuming full and sole legal liability for any resulting consequences.

5. Local Data Storage and Disaster Recovery Backup

• Local Sandbox Architecture: FlashNote adheres to a “Local-First” architecture. Your standalone quick notes (Notes), hierarchical books (Books), and diagram configurations are stored encrypted within your browser’s local IndexedDB and LocalStorage sandboxes.
• Disaster Recovery Advisory: Users acknowledge that browser local storage is intrinsically tied to the host browser environment lifecycle. The developer is unable to recover or retrieve data lost due to uncontrollable external events, including:
  1. Clearing browser data, site cookies, or storage caches in browser settings;
  2. Uninstalling, reinstalling, or resetting browser extensions;
  3. Operating system crashes, hardware failures, physical loss of device, or malware infections;
  4. Corruption of underlying browser database files.
• Routine Export Best Practice: We strongly recommend that users develop a regular habit of utilizing the built-in “Export Entire Library”, “ZIP Volume Backup”, or cloud storage incremental sync features to maintain secure offline backups of critical creative work.