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GuardianAgent offers advanced policy-conditioned anonymization for web traffic

Researchers have developed GuardianAgent, a novel framework for anonymizing live web traffic that goes beyond simple detection of private data. This system assesses the risk of disclosure by considering policy violations, data sensitivity, and contextual factors, rather than relying solely on LLMs. GuardianAgent employs a multi-factor risk scoring formula (AMRSF) to determine whether to allow, transform, or deny outgoing actions, and it uses an adaptive rewriting hierarchy to ensure appropriate anonymization levels. Experiments demonstrate that GuardianAgent achieves a superior privacy-utility trade-off compared to existing methods across various benchmarks. AI

IMPACT Enhances privacy protection for web traffic by offering a more nuanced and adaptive approach to anonymization.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a new anonymization framework.

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GuardianAgent offers advanced policy-conditioned anonymization for web traffic

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Ruiyi Yang, Gayathri Lihinikaduarachchi, Rahat Masood, Flora D. Salim, Salil S. Kanhere ·

    GuardianAgent: Policy-Conditioned Risk-Adaptive Anonymization with Verified Adversarial Escalation

    arXiv:2608.29251v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Privacy protection for live web traffic requires more than detecting private spans. Agent-based privacy protection systems must determine whether an outgoing action complies with the destination site's privacy policy, then apply onl…

  2. arXiv cs.MA (Multiagent) TIER_1 English(EN) · Salil S. Kanhere ·

    GuardianAgent: Policy-Conditioned Risk-Adaptive Anonymization with Verified Adversarial Escalation

    Privacy protection for live web traffic requires more than detecting private spans. Agent-based privacy protection systems must determine whether an outgoing action complies with the destination site's privacy policy, then apply only the level of rewriting or sanitisation justifi…