Tool for Digital Privacy - Need your feedback
Hey Product Hunt community! š
Iām working on a revamping the 3 years old project called PriveGuard.com and wanted to share the vision behind it with the PH community before our official launch.
The problem Iām trying to solve is simple: Protecting digital intellectual property for startups and content creator . If you are a massive corporation, you have legal teams and enterprise software. If you are an independent designer, developer, or course creator, you are entirely on your own when someone steals your work.
We are building PriveGuard to be an completely automated, our engines continuously scan search engines, file hosts, and unauthorized marketplaces to flag and rapidly tear down infringing links
I have two quick questions for the makers here:
What features would make you feel completely secure about selling your digital products online?
What has been your experience trying to get stolen content taken down in the past?
I would love to get your early feedback on the upgrades that we are planning.
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A question I'd have is around accuracy . How do you minimize false positives and ensure legitimate content creators aren't spending time reviewing incorrect infringement alerts?
@micah_prestonĀ we are adding manual intervention in almost all infringement but we have a team that can handle this very easily and quickly.
This space often focuses on detection , but the real pain is usually in verification accuracy and how quickly false positives vs real infringement get resolved. Curious how you're planning to balance automation with human review in edge cases where context really matters.
@maxwell_deanĀ we are adding manual intervention in almost all infringement but we have a team that can handle this very easily and quickly. the process is detection, manual inspection and validation > approve > take-down
Some queries, what will be mechanism if there is a report of stolen data ? How's fast do you think reaction time will be ? If a case is reported will it be handled by AI or will there be an human involvement ?
@faisal_2420010Ā we will immediately proceed with take-down request from the infringing website. We expect most takedowns to be between 5-7 days as long as they comply and are under judiciary laws. Case will be handed by humans and AI depending on case and the infringing website.
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Interesting idea. For me, one of the most important features would be getting alerts as soon as stolen content is detected.
I haven't dealt with content theft personally, but from what I've heard, the biggest pain point is how time-consuming and manual the whole takedown process is. If you can make that part almost one-click, or atleast provide helpful guide for the process, I think many creators would find it valuable.
@hosseinyazdiĀ we intent to get real-time alerts but when it comes to time-consuming and manual take-down process, we have already eliminated this for many common infringement sites
How much does this remove from the creator's side?
@jonathan_hayes3Ā Based on our experience with few of our customers, creators are saving 10% of their work hours in addition to the sales that diverted to their original platform instead of copyright.
I like the direction, but I wuld honestly worry about false takedown. If your AI flags legitimate reviews, mirrors, or fair use content, creators could accidentally become the bad actors. The appeal and verification process will matters as much as the scanning itself.
@darly_selbyĀ We have manual inspections and validations. We have existing customers are they are 100% satisfied.
I sold a niche design pack a few years ago and the takedown process was exhausting. Every platform wanted a different format, different proof, different waiting period. If PriveGuard can reduce ten manual steps into one click, that alone is valuable even before adding advanced monitoring.
@jason_scott8Ā This is the intention. We already have few customers and making a difference for them.
I sell a small digital product (a $29 one-time web tool), so here's an honest answer to your first question from the low-price end of the market: I made a deliberate choice not to feel completely secure. At my price point, every layer of protection friction, DRM, activation limits, aggressive licensing, costs more honest buyers than piracy costs sales. My actual security is a fair one-time price and a product that's easier to buy than to steal.
The math flips higher up the price curve. If I sold $200+ courses or template packs, automated takedowns would start earning their keep. So my feedback as a maker: your sharpest segment is probably creators with high-ticket, easily copied catalogs, courses, templates, stock assets, rather than low-ticket tool builders like me. On your second question, honestly: no takedown war stories yet, which maybe says something about the low-price end too.
One small positioning note: the word "privacy" in the title made me expect a different product. What you're describing is IP protection and anti-piracy, and naming it that way will probably attract the right people faster.