Reverse-Engineering Cluely, the Invisible Cheating App
a year ago
- #Electron
- #Tech
- #AI
- Roy Lee's 'Cluely' is an invisible app built to secretly ace coding interviews, sparking controversy.
- Cluely uses Electron to create a transparent, always-on-top overlay with properties like `transparent: true` and `alwaysOnTop: true`.
- The app captures clipboard data, screenshots, or selected text, sending it to an AI backend for processing.
- Advanced features include screen capture, OCR (e.g., Tesseract.js), and clipboard monitoring.
- Challenges include security restrictions and performance issues due to high CPU/GPU usage.
- Ethical uses of the tech include sales copilots, customer support assistants, and onboarding buddies.
- The project is open-sourced, encouraging ethical and effective applications.