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Re: Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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Post by thecleaner »

rameerez wrote: post #2

Hi guys! So as basis for my thesis on AI and NLP I've been working on a RRN-based text classifier that basically reads and analyzes privacy policies. It understands that "we don't share your data with third parties" is privacy friendly while "we may share your data with anyone" is a potential threat. I've then created this website with a bunch of analyzed services to showcase the most relevant info about each service…

Oh my god thank you so much for doing this !

I think its better (for me as a user) if you don't boil things down to a score as different people expect different things when talking privacy. It would help if you could simply highlight the potential problematic clauses in different privacy statements along with some reason why it might be problematic.

Re: Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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Post by rameerez »

verbify wrote: post #18

Great work! Would also work as a browser plugin.

This was actually one of the ideas to evolve the project! Another one is making an app that protects your digital privacy from these threats, kinda like an antivirus but for privacy threats instead of viruses (https://useguard.com/blog/future/) Would love to hear feedback on what should this project become next :)

Re: Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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Post by rameerez »

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #24

I will join the chorus of great work. I love it. It may even make some people more privacy conscious ( very few people read those -- usually the ones who wrote it ).

Thank you! :) I've read some recent research and looks like this is actually measured: only 0.001% of all internet users start reading them (and even a smaller amount of people likely finish reading them). On top of it, if you had to read all the privacy policies you accepted only on the past 5 years alone, you would have to use 3.040 hours of non-stop reading. Crazy. Love your privacy-oriented username btw! ;)

Re: Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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Post by underanalyzer »

rameerez wrote: post #7
nerdponx wrote: post #4

This is great, I've been wanting to do a project like this for a while. Would be great to get some insight into your data collection/labeling and model design process.

Some of the process on gathering the data to create the labelling dataset is described here: https://useguard.com/experiment But most probably I'll be publishing a paper later this year detailing all the details and process :)

Very cool idea! One question I couldn’t seem to find the answer to on your site was are the policies featured on your a/b training exercise distinct from the polices that the ai grades? For example will a user going through your a/b trainer ever see a snippet from the Instagram privacy policy?

Re: Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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Post by rameerez »

underanalyzer wrote: post #26
rameerez wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some of the process on gathering the data to create the labelling dataset is described here: https://useguard.com/experiment But most probably I'll be publishing a paper later this year detailing all the details and process :)

Very cool idea! One question I couldn’t seem to find the answer to on your site was are the policies featured on your a/b training exercise distinct from the polices that the ai grades? For example will a user going through your a/b trainer ever see a snippet from the Instagram privacy policy?

Yes, initially it will all draw from the same dataset, so a user in theory could definitely see all services' snippets. But, to increase statistical significance in the data it gathers, I've restricted the initial amount of items in the test so right now this will not be the case (otherwise, I'd be dealing with circa 3,500,000,000 different pairwise comparisons hehe)

Re: Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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Post by epoch_100 »

Hi. A related project that takes a more human-powered approach is PrivacySpy (https://privacyspy.org). Would be neat to see how these tools intersect.

PrivacySpy is open source, community run, and more about grading policies on a standardized rubric (as opposed to entrusting that to ML), so these tools might complement one another.

(Full disclosure: I'm a contributor to PrivacySpy.)

Re: Show HN: I made a neural net that analyzes privacy policies

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Post by jchook »

epoch_100 wrote: post #28

Hi. A related project that takes a more human-powered approach is PrivacySpy ( https://privacyspy.org ). Would be neat to see how these tools intersect. PrivacySpy is open source, community run, and more about grading policies on a standardized rubric (as opposed to entrusting that to ML), so these tools might complement one another. (Full disclosure: I'm a contributor to PrivacySpy.)

Another one: https://tosdr.org/
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