PII-Shield
Shares rank 3 of 4 pii redaction tools by recommenders
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.
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.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Works well for their situation
“I think all the other stuff you're doing is correct for our situation.”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: PII-Shield – Log Sanitization Sidecar with JSON Integrity (Go, Entropy)” “The tool itself worked well”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “Show HN: A Mutating Webhook to automatically strip PII from K8s logs”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Censors UUIDs users want kept
“Wouldn't this censor UUIDs? I want UUIDs to remain in my logs.”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: PII-Shield – Log Sanitization Sidecar with JSON Integrity (Go, Entropy)”
Other pii redaction tools people recommend
The three most recommended other pii redaction tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rampart | 7 | 7 | 50% | 4 | — | — |
| OpenAI Privacy Filter | 7 | 1 | 88% | 2 | — | — |
| PII-ShieldThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Microsoft Presidio | 5 | 3 | 63% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The tool itself worked well”
“you are off to a good start”
“I think all the other stuff you're doing is correct for our situation.”
“Wouldn't this censor UUIDs? I want UUIDs to remain in my logs.”
“It guarantees valid JSON output for your SIEM (ELK/Datadog).”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.