Runs on your machine · not ours
Chaff finds the personal details in your documents and takes them out. Nothing ever leaves your machine.
What it does
Drop a file onto Chaff, or reach for the hotkey without leaving the app you are already in. There is no project to set up first.
One part of Chaff can open a socket, and only to fetch the detection model on first run. After that you can pull the cable out and nothing changes.
Card and account numbers carry a checksum, so those are caught the moment the file opens. Names and addresses come from a model that reads the page as you scroll it.
PDFs, Word documents, plain text and Markdown. Chaff reads the layout as well as the words, so a value in a table cell is found the same way one in a sentence is.
A redacted PDF comes back as images, so there is no text layer left to search or copy from. Text and Markdown get [REDACTED] written in place of the value.
SSN: 412-88-7390
Verified before you get it
How it works
NORTHWIND MEDICAL GROUP
1200 Harbor Street, Suite 400
Patient Record
Name: Marcus Halloway
Date of birth: 04 / 11 / 1986
SSN: 412-88-7390
Address: 88 Ridgeway Ave, Portland
Phone: (503) 555-0142
Email: m.halloway@mailbox.com
Billing
Account: 4929 8812 0034 7761
Reviewed by the records team on 12 March.
Chaff reads the file where it sits. Patterns with a checksum land straight away, then a model works through the page and fills in the names and addresses.
Not shipped yet
Your documents are the whole reason this tool exists. Uploading them somewhere to be made safe would defeat the point, so Chaff never asks you to.
Hear about it first
One email when it ships