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The Web-CLI: Verifiable Privacy for Tools, Models, and Inference Engines in the Browser — arXiv:2608.28950

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  title = {The Web-CLI: Verifiable Privacy for Tools, Models, and Inference Engines in the Browser — arXiv:2608.28950},
  howpublished = {arXiv (en)},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28950},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_cdc69a4a33fc; sha256 4f9d9ed8b513945b1ff800d5a204e6fddb986d9516e4fe78c36a418e24de4459},
  year = {2026}
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We introduce the Web-CLI, a novel application architecture deploying powerful computational capabilities (command-line tools compiled to WebAssembly, models run through client-side inference runtimes, and GPU-accelerated engines) as zero-install, offline-capable browser applications that preserve full underlying capability. Unlike web-based alternatives that require server-side processing and expose user data to third parties, Web-CLI applications execute entirely on the client, providing a verifiable privacy guarantee by architecture rather than policy. We define the pattern and its four properties: fidelity, progressive disclosure, offline-first, and zero egress. We present four reference implementations across distinct domains: ffmpeg-webCLI, a browser-based video editor built on FFmpeg; whisper-webCLI, speech transcription via this http URL ; chat-webCLI, WebLLM-based language model inference; and 3mf-webCLI, a deterministic tool segmenting 3D models into multi-material files for physical 3D printing. Together they demonstrate that the pattern generalizes across deterministic media processing, neural speech recognition, LLM inference, and geometry processing with a physical output, and we outline how it extends to AI-native interfaces in which a local language model becomes the command surface itself. We further report early, anecdotal signs of independent reuse by third-party tools, suggesting the pattern generalizes beyond its reference implementations. We evaluate the primary implementation against native FFmpeg on performance and feature parity, and argue that progressive disclosure lowers the barrier for non-technical users. We argue that for applications processing sensitive user data (medical, legal, journalistic, or personal), the Web-CLI should be the default architecture, as it makes data locality an independently verifiable technical property rather than a policy promise.

Tema degli esploratori: fiducia digitale e crittografia (retro-catalogo arXiv: annunci del 2026-09-01 in cs.CR).
Categorie arXiv: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC) ; Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Software Engineering (cs.SE).
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