Is Forensic Analyzer private by default?

Everything runs locally in your browser using pdf-lib for structure parsing and byte-level scanning for EXIF markers. No PDF bytes are uploaded or transmitted. The analyzer runs inside the same privacy boundary as all other tools.

What this does not protect

• Analysis is read-only. It does not modify the PDF in any way — use the scrubber for that.
• Encrypted or malformed PDFs fall back to byte-level pattern matching. Coverage is reduced but EXIF markers and JavaScript signatures are still detected.
• Printer tracking dots (Machine Identification Codes) are not detected in the current analyzer. Use the MIC decoder research tool for that — it requires high-resolution page rendering.
• The analyzer checks PDF metadata and embedded image EXIF. It does not analyze text content for PII (names, addresses in the visible text).
• It cannot fix compromised devices, accounts, or unsafe sharing channels.