Why privacy tools shouldn't need your password: building a local-first email analyzer

Описание и применение

Paperweight – это локальное приложение для очистки почтовых ящиков, которое обрабатывает данные полностью на устройстве пользователя, защищая конфиденциальность и соблюдая GDPR.

Задача

Inbox cleanup services often require full cloud access, exposing user emails and personal data to third parties.

Результат

Paperweight eliminates the need to share email data with external servers, reducing privacy risks while enabling effective inbox cleanup and GDPR compliance.

Рабочий процесс

• Install Paperweight desktop app
• Connect email account via IMAP or OAuth
• App scans inbox locally and indexes metadata in SQLite
• Classification engine applies regex and phrase lexicons to identify newsletters, receipts, and unsubscribe links
• User reviews classified emails and bulk unsubscribes or requests GDPR deletions
• All data remains on local device

Доказательства

All processing happens directly on your machine. No emails or personal data ever touch external servers.

Источник

The entire codebase is 100% MIT-licensed on GitHub, where it recently passed 300 stars.

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