App Generator Also Uses AI to Detect Privacy Gaps
A service for making AI-generated apps said it’s embracing privacy by design by integrating an AI-powered code scanner.
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Replit, the app generation company, integrated the HoundDog.ai code scanner to detect possible sensitive data exposures in the early-development stage, said a HoundDog.ai press release. The function will let Replit users “trace sensitive data flows across logs, files, local storage, third party SDKs and AI connectors” and “remediate identified privacy leaks.”
“An increasing number of AI-generated applications now handle sensitive data such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI),” the privacy vendor noted. “Many creators, including doctors, financial analysts and legal professionals may not initially think about compliance with GDPR, HIPAA or U.S. privacy frameworks.”
Jeff Burke, Replit head of partnerships, said, “AI lowers the barrier to software creation, but with that comes new responsibility." With the integration, “we're making sure privacy isn't an afterthought; it's built in from the very start.”