Aegis Explorer
The Project
Aegis Explorer is a browser extension that uses artificial intelligence to filter harmful online content, such as cyberbullying, illicit drugs, and gambling. My inspiration came from observing children in a computer classroom. A lot of them had never used a computer or phone before, but they learned quickly and started accessing sketchy gaming sites. This made me realize how easily they could encounter dangerous material online, which led to the creation of this project. I faced many challenges while making this project. One major challenge was balancing AI accuracy with performance. At first, I tried running the models directly on the client machine, but that was too slow for all devices. I had to shift the processing to an external server, but even with a slightly more powerful machine, speed is still a major concern. Another challenge was adapting to Manifest V3, which made modifying web pages more complicated than in the past.
