# PII-Shield

5 Hacker News commenters recommended PII-Shield and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free sidecar that removes personal data from logs while keeping valid JSON for SIEM tools. It censors UUIDs, which some users want kept in their logs.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well for their situation (2 comments): "I think all the other stuff you're doing is correct for our situation." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46876514)) "The tool itself worked well" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48023589))

## What people warn about

- Censors UUIDs users want kept (1 comments): "Wouldn't this censor UUIDs? I want UUIDs to remain in my logs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46875848))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rampart](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rampart.md): 7 recommend
- [OpenAI Privacy Filter](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openai-privacy-filter.md): 7 recommend
- [Microsoft Presidio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/microsoft-presidio.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "PII-Shield", https://hackerapproved.com/p/pii-shield/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).