AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to PrivacyScrubber: Zero-Trust PII Masking
Stop leaking company secrets to AI. 100% offline PII scrub
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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OP here. I built this because I recently caught myself almost pasting a block of logs containing AWS keys into Claude. The Problem: I need the reasoning capabilities of cloud models (GPT/Claude/Gemini), but I can't trust myself not to accidentally leak PII or secrets. The Solution: A Chrome extension that acts as a local middleware. It intercepts the prompt and runs a local BERT model (via a Python FastAPI backend) to scrub names, emails, and keys before the request leaves the browser. A few notes up front (to set expectations clearly): Everything runs 100% locally. Regex detection…
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m one of the maintainers of Bridge Anonymization. We built this because the existing solutions for translating sensitive user content are insufficient for many of our privacy-concious clients (Governments, Banks, Healthcare, etc.). We couldn't send PII to third-party APIs, but standard redaction destroyed the translation quality. If you scrub "John" to "[PERSON]", the translation engine loses gender context (often defaulting to masculine), which breaks grammatical agreement in languages like French or German. So we built a reversible, local-first pipeline for Node.js/Bun. Here…
Dec 2025 · medium.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · simon-frey.com · its alternatives →
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Zero Assist▲108Real-time AI cheating detection for technical interviews
May 2026 · zeroassist.in · its alternatives →
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IP address anonymizer module for nginx. Contribute to masonicboom/ipscrub development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built PII Firewall because I got tired of watching "privacy" APIs secretly pipe user data to cloud AI models. If you're using GPT/Claude to redact PII, you're literally giving the AI your PII. What makes this different: - Zero AI – deterministic regex + 30 checksum validators (Luhn, Verhoeff, Mod 11/97) - Zero storage – processes on Cloudflare edge, no logs, no persistence - 152 PII types – SSN, Aadhaar, 50+ country IDs, 20 API key formats, crypto wallets - Two modes: `/fast` (2-5ms) for structured PII, `/deep` (5-15ms) adds names/addresses via 2000+ name…
Dec 2025 · pii-firewall-edge-web.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Get the most out of AI without handing them your data.
Jun 2026 · onyri-sanitize.com · its alternatives →
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Anonymize sensitive data before using AI.
Jun 2026 · ghostit.online · its alternatives →
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2021 · privacybot.io · its alternatives →
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I built NICH after realising I couldn't use ChatGPT for my conflict research work without risking data leaks. It's a browser extension that: - Anonymises names, emails, and addresses in one click - Preserves context for AI to understand - Restores original data in AI responses - 100% browser-based (no cloud, data never leaves your device) Built it for researchers, lawyers, HR professionals or simply anyone handling confidential data who wants AI assistance without compliance nightmares. Free to use: https://www.nichtech.uk Would love feedback from the HN community!
2025 · nichtech.uk · its alternatives →
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0pirate▲7The zero-knowledge engineer that fixes code without seeing
Nov 2025 · 0pirate.com · its alternatives →
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Zero-trust AI perimeter that masks PII for privacy
Aug 2026 · shadow-ai-guard-plat-c0ir.bolt.host · its alternatives →
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HeimWall▲34Signal, not surveillance. See how your engineers use Cursor, Claude Code, and Copilot: catch leaked secrets, PII, and confidential data, without blocking them or reading their prompts.
Jul 2026 · heimwall.ai · its alternatives →
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I built the desktop app that detects and redacts personal data (or PII) locally without sending any text to server. It supports rule-based filtering and AI model-based redaction (eg openai privacy filter). It's open source and free. Please check out the repo and https://pii-gui.vercel.app/
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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100% client-side PII scrubber for safe AI prompting
Aug 2026 · removemyid.com · its alternatives →
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AI Safeguard▲14Prevent sensitive data leaks in popular LLM's like ChatGPT
2025 · aisafeguard.co.uk · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I wanted to share something I’ve been working on: *RAG-Guard*, a document AI that’s all about privacy. It’s an experiment in combining Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with AI-powered question answering, but with a twist — your data stays yours. Here’s the idea: you can upload contracts, research papers, personal notes, or any other documents, and RAG-Guard processes everything locally in your browser. Nothing leaves your device unless you explicitly approve it. ### How It Works - * Zero-Trust by Design*: Every step happens in your browser until you say otherwise. - * Local…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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