GatekeeperAI: Scam & QR Guard

Phishing hides in your texts, your Safari links, and the QR code on the parking meter. GatekeeperAI checks them first, so a single bad tap doesn't cost you.

That link a family member just texted you? They didn't know it was a scam. You don't either...until you tap and it's too late. That's how modern phishing works now. The good ones look exactly like the real thing: your bank's "urgent verification," the QR code stuck on a parking meter, the "support" link pasted into a group chat. One tap is all it takes to lose real money.

GatekeeperAI checks links before your thumb commits. It's built around how iPhone actually works, so it protects you in the places phishing reaches you, without watching everything you do.

THREE LAYERS OF PROTECTION

Browse Safe. Turn on the GatekeeperAI extension in Safari and every link on the page gets checked as you browse. Phishing links get a red underline, suspicious ones a yellow dashed underline, and if you tap a dangerous one a full-screen warning stops you with "Go back" before the site loads.

Quick Check. See a sketchy link, screenshot, or forwarded message in any app? Long-press it, tap Share, pick GatekeeperAI. Two taps and you get a verdict. It reads plain links, text, forwarded emails, and even pulls the URL out of an image or QR screenshot. If you can share it, you can check it.

Text Guard. Turn on GatekeeperAI under Messages filtering and texts from unknown numbers that carry known scam links get moved out of your main inbox automatically, before you ever see them.

Plus a built-in QR scanner. QR-code phishing ("quishing") jumped 587% in 2024 (KnowBe4), and most security apps still skip it. Point the camera at any QR code, or pick one from your photos, and GatekeeperAI checks where it really goes before you visit. It also flags QR login hijacking (QRLJacking), the trick used to take over Discord accounts.

WHAT WE CATCH

• Phishing sites impersonating banks, PayPal, Amazon, Discord, and more
• Crypto wallet drainers and fake airdrop pages
• Malicious QR redirects (quishing) and QR login hijacking
• Scam links inside texts from numbers you don't know
• URL shorteners hiding a dangerous destination
• Typosquats and lookalike domains (g00gle.com, paypa1.com)

WHY NOT JUST RELY ON SAFARI?

Safari's own protection only watches Safari. A link someone drops in a group chat doesn't reach a browser until you tap it, which is already too late. Same with a QR code on a sticker or a forwarded screenshot. GatekeeperAI plugs into your iOS's share sheet, camera, and your text messages, not just the browser.

WHY NOT JUST USE A FREE SECURITY APP?

Free security apps mostly scan files or warn you about Wi-Fi. They don't check the link in your texts, the QR code on a flyer, or the screenshot a relative forwarded. We don't do those other things. The whole app is link and scam protection, backed by AI that keeps up as scams change.

PRIVACY

Only the link leaves your phone. When you share an image or scan a QR code, the text recognition that pulls out the URL runs on-device, and only that URL is sent to our scan service to get a verdict. The rest of the image, your message contents, and the page text never leave your iPhone. No data sold, no ads, no upsell prompts. Full detail: gatekeeperai.app/privacy.

YOUR GATEKEEPERAI ACCOUNT

GatekeeperAI works across your devices. Connect this iPhone with the API key from your existing GatekeeperAI account to turn protection on. The same account also protects your Mac, Windows, and Safari.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/