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privacy-parser
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chiefautism / privacy-parser

privacy-parser

reverse of openai privacy filter. same 1.5b model, returns pii as structured spans instead of masking

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4Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
403GitHub stars
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What it is

reverse of openai privacy filter. same 1.5b model, returns pii as structured spans instead of masking

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by hour4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-04-26 02:30:36 UTC to 2026-04-26 10:38:09 UTC.

012026-04-26 02:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 26, 02:002026-04-26 03:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-26 04:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-26 05:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-26 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 26, 06:002026-04-26 07:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-26 08:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2026-04-26 09:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-04-26 10:00:00 UTC to 2026-04-26 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsApr 26, 10:00

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Apr 26, 02:002026-04-26 02:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 03:00:00 UTC101
Apr 26, 03:002026-04-26 03:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 04:00:00 UTC000
Apr 26, 04:002026-04-26 04:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 05:00:00 UTC000
Apr 26, 05:002026-04-26 05:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 06:00:00 UTC000
Apr 26, 06:002026-04-26 06:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 07:00:00 UTC000
Apr 26, 07:002026-04-26 07:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 08:00:00 UTC000
Apr 26, 08:002026-04-26 08:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 09:00:00 UTC101
Apr 26, 09:002026-04-26 09:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 10:00:00 UTC110
Apr 26, 10:002026-04-26 10:00:00 UTC2026-04-26 11:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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> If you have the redacted and unredacted versions, then you can diff them; that seems unsurprising? I'm suggesting that a model designed for high-accuracy redaction can also be used to find all PII in unredacted text. For example, if I don't already know how to find PII (e.g., regex, NLP, etc.) I can use OpenAI's Privacy Filter model to do the work for me. And because each span has a type (PRIVATE_NAME, etc.) I don't even need to do any work to find only the specific information I am looking for; something that simple diffing wouldn't do. I'm not saying it's an issue, I just think it is interesting that a tool designed to protect PII can also be used to find it with minimal effort. And it looks like someone already implemented it: https://github.com/chiefautism/privacy-parser.
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