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Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Re: Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Post by rickdeaconx »

Eridrus wrote: post #10
rickdeaconx wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We'll be launching a mobile version for FF + Android soon. We agree, mobile is a place where this can also help immensely.

Not super clear from your post, Is it a version that works on FF on Android, or one version that works on FF and one version that works on Android in general?

Sorry! It will be for FF on Android.

Re: Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Post by eganist »

rickdeaconx wrote: post #8
hellcow wrote: post #7

Hey Rick -- sounds like an elegant solution to a huge problem. Are browsing habits transmitted in any way to your servers, or are they analyzed locally?

Browsing habits are analyzed locally. We only collect data if privacy grades or community protection is enabled via opting in. For those features we only collect the bare minimum to conduct analysis and the dataset is anonymous.

For corporate use -- does this discount the bill?

Re: Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Post by problems »

Eridrus wrote: post #10
rickdeaconx wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We'll be launching a mobile version for FF + Android soon. We agree, mobile is a place where this can also help immensely.

Not super clear from your post, Is it a version that works on FF on Android, or one version that works on FF and one version that works on Android in general?

I'm assuming FF for Android because it's the only browser on the market with decent extension support to my knowledge.

Re: Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Post by rickdeaconx »

eganist wrote: post #12
rickdeaconx wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Browsing habits are analyzed locally. We only collect data if privacy grades or community protection is enabled via opting in. For those features we only collect the bare minimum to conduct analysis and the dataset is anonymous.

For corporate use -- does this discount the bill?

Community features allow us to improve the product across the board and we would take that into account. :)

Re: Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Post by rickdeaconx »

bijection wrote: post #16

Neet idea! What representation are you using for each site (ie a sparse vector, full text, etc)? How do you compare newly visited sites to old ones?

Site comparison is done natively using Chrome's history APIs. As far as representations for each site, we don't need to scan the DOM because our extension relies on native sandboxing via CSP headers.

Re: Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Post by ben_jones »

Do you have the statistics for browser usage at enterprise companies? Obviously you don't support everything yet but I imagine the money in info sec is all up enterprise/micro$oft. Curious what comes after the browser extension.

Re: Launch HN: Apozy (YC W17) – Use browsing habits to stop phishing and spot breaches

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Post by rickdeaconx »

nikunjk wrote: post #15

Genius idea. I just installed it! What are some things coming down the pipeline?

Thanks! We're working on device support across the board, improved privacy scoring, and toying with the idea of adding Google's Perspective - https://www.perspectiveapi.com.
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