What’s changing at ISRU.
This page documents major updates, privacy decisions, tool changes, renamed tools, and improvements made across ISRU.
Privacy by default. Transparency by design.
ISRU is being rebuilt around browser-first utilities, clearer privacy notes, and consistent design.
Many tools process files, text, images, and tokens locally in the visitor’s browser.
Tools now use beige panels, thick black borders, rounded boxes, and consistent buttons.
Major Updates Completed
Developer tool expansion
Expanded the developer toolkit with additional browser-side utilities including JWT inspection, API testing, URL parsing, and structured data conversion tools for XML and JSON workflows.
Homepage redesigned
The homepage was rebuilt into a categorized tool hub with popular tools, search, privacy-first messaging, support section, and clearer category structure.
Unified tool design system
Tool pages were updated to match the same ISRU visual style: boxed layout, beige backgrounds, thick black borders, rounded panels, and consistent buttons.
Privacy and legal pages added
Privacy Policy, Data Collection, Terms of Use, and Transparency pages were added to explain how ISRU works and what users should expect.
Analytics direction changed
ISRU analytics were shifted toward anonymous aggregate page/tool usage instead of tracking individual people.
New Tools Added
XML & JSON Converter
Added a browser-based XML and JSON conversion tool capable of validating, formatting, minifying, converting, and inspecting structured data without sending content to external servers.
Anti-Phishing Domain Checker
Upgraded to inspect domains and URLs for phishing indicators including brand impersonation, homoglyph substitutions, punycode domains, risky TLDs, suspicious keywords, IP-based links, excessive subdomains, embedded credentials, and HTTP-only URLs.
JWT Decoder & Inspector
Decodes JWT headers and payloads locally, inspects claims, expiration, and algorithm risks.
Browser Fingerprint Analyzer
Shows browser fingerprinting signals such as canvas, WebGL, timezone, screen data, and tracking surface.
Privacy Leak Scanner
Scans pasted text and text files locally for emails, tokens, API keys, IPs, GPS coordinates, and leaks.
Redirect / Tracking Inspector
Refocused around tracking parameter detection and URL privacy inspection due to browser redirect limits.
Tools Improved
XML & JSON Converter
Designed as a privacy-first developer utility with local file support, browser-side processing, XML validation, JSON validation, XML-to-JSON conversion, JSON-to-XML conversion, formatting, minification, copy/export functionality, and structured data analysis.
Anti-Phishing Domain Checker
Rebuilt from a basic keyword checker into a safer phishing-defense tool with full URL parsing, risk scoring, safe text rendering, copy/download reports, phishing education notes, and ISRU’s unified visual style.
Image Converter
Added drag-and-drop upload, compression quality, resizing, preview, file size comparison, and download.
Image Compressor
Added quality control, optional resizing, before/after size comparison, and browser-side compression.
Metadata Inspector
Improved EXIF reading, GPS detection, sensitive metadata highlighting, readable grouping, and clean file button.
Metadata Cleaner
Added metadata detection summary, GPS warnings, browser-side image redraw cleanup, and download clean image.
Password Generator
Added secure random generation, character controls, entropy estimate, strength label, copy, and clear actions.
Text Encryption Tool
Updated to AES-GCM, PBKDF2, salt, IV, structured payloads, copy, and clear controls.
Privacy File Shredder
Reframed as a browser-safe shredded replacement generator with progress, overwrite methods, and education notes.
API Tester
Added method support, headers/body validation, timeouts, response limits, CORS messaging, and security warning.
QR Code Generator
Added size options, error correction, color controls, PNG download, and browser-side generation.
URL Parser
Added structured URL breakdown, query parameter table, JSON copy, and safer output rendering.
UTM Generator
Added campaign fields, medium presets, safe encoding, generated URL preview, copy, and download.
UTM Extractor
Added UTM extraction, tracking parameter detection, clean URL generation, copy, and download.
Coordinate Lookup
Changed from browser geolocation to latitude/longitude lookup with readable location details.
Username & Character Generator
Expanded into gamer tags, D&D names, fantasy races/classes, sci-fi, cyberpunk, and downloadable results.
Tool Name Changes
Privacy Commitments
- Phishing tools analyze patterns locally and do not visit, click, or validate suspicious links.
- Use browser-side processing whenever practical.
- Do not claim a tool can do something browsers cannot reliably do.
- Clearly explain tool limitations.
- Avoid unnecessary accounts, profiles, and tracking.
- Use aggregate analytics instead of individual user tracking.
- Make privacy, data collection, and terms pages easy to find.
Known Limitations
Redirect tracing
True redirect-chain tracing is limited in the browser by CORS. The tool is being positioned around URL and tracking inspection unless backend support is added later.
File shredding
Browsers cannot securely overwrite original files on disk. ISRU explains this clearly and provides a shredded replacement generator instead.
Security tools
ISRU tools are educational and informational. They do not guarantee anonymity, secure deletion, or full security coverage.
Planned / Possible Future Tools
- SSL Certificate Inspector
- DNS Lookup Tool
- HTTP Header Analyzer
- Robots.txt & Sitemap Inspector
- Schema Markup Validator
- Webhook Payload Inspector
- JSON Path Explorer