Risk Widget
The risk widget is a floating indicator that appears in the bottom-right corner of every page. It gives you an instant visual read on the PII risk level of the current page content.
Traffic-light system
| Color | Meaning | Typical examples |
|---|---|---|
| 🟢 Green | No PII detected — the page is clean | A blank chat, a search result, a marketing page |
| 🟡 Amber | Low-to-medium sensitivity PII detected | Names, emails, phone numbers, addresses |
| 🔴 Red | High-sensitivity PII detected | SSNs, credit cards, MRNs, passport numbers |
The color updates in real time as page content changes — when you type, paste, or as dynamic content loads.
Widget interactions
- Click the widget to open the Sonomos panel with detection details — every match grouped by category, with a snippet of context for each.
- Drag the widget to reposition it on the page. Position is remembered per origin.
- Hide the widget via the popover menu — your preference is remembered across sessions. You can always re-open the panel from the toolbar icon.
- Hover for a quick summary tooltip showing the count of detected entities by severity.
Widget states
The widget icon also indicates Cloak status, so you can tell at a glance whether masking is active:
| Visual | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Plain shield | Cloak is inactive (Sonomos is detecting only) |
| Shield with lock | Cloak is active and the current site is supported |
| Shield with warning glyph | You’re on a site Send Guard is covering, not Cloak |
| Pulsing border | Active interception in progress (a submit was just intercepted) |
When the widget doesn’t appear
A few sites prevent extensions from injecting content. The toolbar icon will still work, but the in-page widget won’t show on:
- Browser-internal pages (
chrome://...,edge://...,about:...) - New-tab pages
- The Chrome Web Store / Microsoft Edge Add-Ons site
- Some PDF viewers in their default state
If the widget is missing on a site you’d expect to be supported, see Troubleshooting → Widget not appearing.
Why a floating widget at all?
The toolbar icon is easy to miss. A persistent in-page indicator gives you a continuous, ambient sense of how risky the current page is — green when there’s nothing to worry about, amber as a heads-up, red as an unmistakable signal to slow down before submitting. It also serves as a cue that Sonomos itself is alive and working on the page.