ARGUS Obsidian 🔐

The Invisible Layer Between Your Data and AI

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🚀 Overview

ARGUS Obsidian is a privacy-first AI interface designed to protect sensitive user data before it is processed by AI models.

As AI tools become a daily utility, users unknowingly expose personal and confidential information such as emails, phone numbers, and internal documents. ARGUS solves this by acting as a protective layer that ensures safe interaction with AI systems.

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🧠 Problem

Most users:

• Paste sensitive data into AI tools without awareness
• Have little understanding of data privacy risks
• Rely on platforms that may store or process their inputs

This creates a serious gap between AI convenience and data security.

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💡 Solution

ARGUS introduces an automated privacy pipeline:

Input → Detect → Mask → Process → Restore

• Detects sensitive data in real time
• Replaces it with secure placeholders
• Sends only anonymized data to AI
• Restores original information in the final output

This ensures zero direct exposure of sensitive data to AI systems.

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⚙️ How It Works

1. Input User provides text (email, document, message)

2. Detection Engine Identifies sensitive data:

   • Emails
   • Phone numbers

3. Masking Engine Converts:

   [email protected] → [EMAIL_1]

4. AI Processing Masked input is sent to AI safely

5. Restoration Engine

   [EMAIL_1] → [email protected]

6. Output User receives improved content with original data restored

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Real-time sensitive data detection
• 🛡️ Automatic masking & restoration
• 📊 Privacy risk indicator (Low / Medium / High)
• ⚡ Clean, modern, and intuitive UI
• 🔐 No permanent data storage

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🖥️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Backend: Node.js (Express) (in progress)
• AI Integration: OpenAI / Gemini (planned)

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🧪 Example

Input:

My email is [email protected]

Masked:

My email is [EMAIL_1]

Output:

Dear Sir/Madam, my email is [email protected]. I would like to...

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📊 Current Status

• ✅ UI completed (ARGUS Obsidian interface)
• ✅ Core masking logic implemented
• 🚧 Backend & AI integration in progress

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🎯 Target Users

• Students using AI for resumes and assignments
• Freelancers handling client communication
• Small businesses managing customer data
• Everyday users interacting with AI tools

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🔮 Vision

To become the default privacy layer for AI interaction, enabling safe, secure, and seamless use of AI across:

• Web applications
• Browser extensions
• Developer APIs
• Enterprise systems

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🤝 Contributors

• Harsh Gosavi
• Aman Rane
• Team ARGUS

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⚠️ Privacy Commitment

ARGUS does not store user data. All processing is temporary and designed with privacy as the top priority.

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⭐ Why ARGUS Matters

«If AI is going to see everything, we must decide what it is allowed to see.»

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