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The observers on your computer

What Proxon can see and what it can’t.

Your company uses Proxon to understand how AI is landing across the org: which tools are catching on, what they cost, and where they actually help. It works through three observers on your machine. Here’s what each one can and can’t see.

The controls behind it

Three levels, and your company sets one for each observer

Most of what Proxon needs lives at the first level. Reading your actual words is a separate, deliberate choice.

Level 1

Metadata

The facts of an interaction: which AI tool, when, how long. Not what you typed.

ChatGPT · 9:14 AM · 4 min
Level 2

Behavioral

Patterns: how much you type or paste, which app is in front. Amounts, not your actual words.

1,203 characters typed
Level 3

Content

The actual prompt and response text. A deliberate choice your company makes.

Example prompt shown redacted, because content is off by default.Off by default, unless your company turns it on

The higher the level, the more an observer can see. Content is off unless your company deliberately turns it on.

The three observers

What each one sees, and never sees

Each observer watches a different place where AI shows up. None of them is watching you.

Browser Observer

An extension in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
Sees
  • Which AI sites you use, and for how long
  • How much you type or paste into them
  • At the content level: the prompts you send
Never sees
  • Your words, unless your company turns on the content level

Desktop Observer

A small background app on your computer.
Sees
  • Which app is in front, so it catches AI tools outside the browser, like Cursor, terminal tools, and desktop chat apps
  • General activity levels: how actively you’re using the device; whether you’re idle or in a meeting
  • At the content level: the name of the app window you’re in, which can include a document’s title
Never sees
  • Your keystrokes, clipboard contents, or the commands you run. Ever.

Network Observer

Watches your computer’s connections to a list of known AI tools.
Sees
  • The details of those AI calls: model, token counts, cost, tool calls
  • At the content level: the prompts and responses too
Never sees
  • Anything off the known AI list. Regular browsing, email, and the rest of your traffic all pass by untouched
  • Inside apps that encrypt their traffic end-to-end
The short version

Your words stay yours.

  • When an observer captures content, that’s a deliberate choice your company makes. It’s off by default.

  • No observer reads your keystrokes, your clipboard, or the commands you type, at any setting.

Questions about how it’s set up where you work? Your IT or security team can tell you exactly which levels are turned on.