Hush is a premium privacy service powered by smart AI. Our AI frequently scans the web for your personal information and alerts you to any sensitive information. Hush removes high-risk items with the click of a button - putting you in control of your digital privacy.
Hello Product Hunt Community!
My name is Jaafar, and I am Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Hush.
At Hush, we believe in a world where using the internet and personal privacy can co-exist.
It’s no secret that the digital world has a dark side. We believe the best way to disarm internet bad guys is personal privacy protection. Anyone–from kids to organizations–can be a target of harassment, fraud, or worse. We created Hush to change this reality, one risk removal at a time. We exist to inform and protect your right to be private.
Today, we are thrilled to launch our beta application to the Product Hunt community. We believe Hush can help you regain control of your life (and information) online.
Thank you for your support, and we look forward to your feedback in the comments!
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@jaafar_mothafer we should have a conversation - our products are complementary.
I've seen a number of companies that remove personal data from the web. I would like someone to instead push fake data about me to the web. I.e. find a way to give data brokers a fake phone number, address, etc. This might be more effective because it's pretty much impossible to hide one's PII once it's leaked from anyone sufficiently resourceful.
@rrhoover great point! We've discussed this internally as well. We think the problem is both data leakage and proactive data protection and both are very important. We are experimenting with some features focused on proactive data protection (for example, helping you provide masked data as you fill out forms online, warning you where your information might be sold, etc.) - the idea being that your real information should never find it's way online to begin with if possible. Alongside proactive efforts, it's also valuable to remove any data that is already online and have a sense of what information exists out there, not just on data broker websites but across the web.
@alexey_yar thank you! We've actually designed our system to require minimal information (Name, Zip, and Email) to run an initial scan. We believe it's counterintuitive to require a lot of personal information for a service that is helping your remove your personal information.
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Can the system do things like detect and remove dodgy photos and TMI comments you shared on Facebook in high school?
@harri_thomas1 great question. Currently, if that information is publicly accessible, we can detect it. On Facebook, we've found that there are often many posts that are public that our members are not aware of. In the future, we hope to integrate directly to scan non-public posts as well for any that pose a reputation, physical or financial risk.
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@jaafar_mothafer love that! For those of us with long internet histories, I'm sure it'd come in very handy!
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Hey @jaafar_mothafer ! Congrats on your PH launch!
The Hush idea looks very promising. Could you tell me more about what your algorithm is scanning? Is it only public sources of information?
@nikita_abrosimov1 thank you! Great question, our algorithm is currently focused on public surface and deep web sources. As you probably already know, the surface web makes up a small percentage of overall webpages and is indexed by search engines like Google. We find that much more personal information resides on deep web pages than surface so we've made that a priority. We don't cover dark web today, but plan on rolling out a solution soon.
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@jaafar_mothafer, thanks for the response! Looking forward to the updates!
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This looks like a great product that solves a real need of mine - I've had many problems with identity theft. Who is this product most deisgned for/who is your ideal user?
@seth_ thank you! Really anyone with a web presence we believe could benefit from Hush. That being said, right now we are focused on those who have a large footprint, or could be a target based on their position/role.
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