MaskClaw: Edge-Side Personalized Privacy Arbitration for GUI Agents with Behavior-Driven Skill Evolution
Deciding what to hide in screenshots before AI agents see them
GUI agents—AI systems that control computers by reading screenshots—often capture sensitive information like passwords, medical records, and private messages. MaskClaw makes privacy decisions locally on your device before screenshots leave, choosing whether to allow the agent full access, mask sensitive areas, or ask the user first, using learned rules about what matters in each task and application.
As AI agents take over more computer tasks, they need to read your screen—but sending raw screenshots to cloud servers exposes private data before anyone checks what should stay hidden. MaskClaw keeps this decision-making on your device or your organization's servers, preventing sensitive information from being uploaded in the first place, while still letting agents do their job.