Observed arrival · 2026-11-13
Paathu’s placeholder layer for AI chats
Paathu presents a browser extension that masks sensitive details in AI chat prompts and restores them in replies on the user’s screen.
○Open
⊠Login
$Paid
†Ads
✦Pretty
●Pro
◎Niche
◉Human
⚑Risk
ƒJS
- For
- People using AI chats with sensitive details
- Worth noticing
- The page says placeholder mappings stay in active-tab memory and disappear when the tab closes; its detection engine is labeled v0.2.
Field notes
The page illustrates a round trip using an email address, an IBAN, and a phone number, with tokens such as [EMAIL_1] standing in for the originals. It describes checksum validation for IBANs and card numbers, plus a custom deny-list. The placeholder mapping is said to exist only in active-tab memory and disappear when the tab closes; publication of the detection engine’s source is described as a future step.
Observed signals
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○OpenPublic substance visible
$PaidCommerce or pricing visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
◎NicheUnusually specific use
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