Terms of Service

1. Agreement

By accessing or using ShieldPi (“the Service”), you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. The Service is a personal research project maintained by its author.

2. Acceptable Use

You may only use ShieldPi to scan systems that you own or have explicit written authorization to test. Specifically:

• You must have authorization from the system owner before initiating any scan
• You may not use ShieldPi to attack, disrupt, or compromise systems without authorization
• You may not use scan results to exploit vulnerabilities in systems you do not own
• You may not resell or redistribute scan results without written consent
• You are responsible for ensuring your use complies with all applicable laws

Violation of this section will result in immediate account termination. Unauthorized scanning activity may be reported to relevant authorities.

3. Account Responsibilities

• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials
• You must provide accurate and current registration information
• You are responsible for all activity under your account
• Notify us immediately at support@shieldpi.io if you suspect unauthorized access

4. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without any warranties of any kind. In particular:

• Scans will not necessarily detect every vulnerability in your systems
• Security scores reflect sampled behavior, not the complete security posture of any model
• The Service may be interrupted, changed, or discontinued at any time
• Results may contain false positives or false negatives

ShieldPi is a research tool, not a guarantee of security. You remain responsible for the security of your own systems.

5. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Service and its author shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service. Because the Service is a free research project, no compensation is owed under any circumstance.

6. Intellectual Property

You retain ownership of your scan targets and configurations. ShieldPi retains ownership of the platform, attack-technique corpus, scoring methodology, and public leaderboard data. Aggregated, anonymized scan data may be used to improve the Service and populate the public leaderboard.

7. Termination

You may delete your account at any time from Settings. The Service may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, particularly the Acceptable Use section. Upon termination, your data will be deleted according to the retention policy (see Privacy Policy).

8. Changes to Terms

These Terms may be updated as the project evolves. Material changes will be communicated via email. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.

9. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact support@shieldpi.io.