Peek can provide valuable information about files from dubious origin. Here are important points to be aware of.

• Ultimately, you're responsible for what can happen before you analyze any file with Peek (e.g. malware which you choose to save or download could harm your computer before you get a chance to open it with Peek, or illegal files can leave traces on your hard disk), during Peek's analysis (if it produces crashes or denial of service), or after (if you make a decision based on Peek's output or use files created by Peek). Be cautious!
• Peek runs entirely in the browser, without contacting calerga.com once it's finished loading.
• Peek doesn't execute code found in files it analyzes, be it native code, JavaScript or WebGL shaders.
• By default, Peek displays images with the built-in capability of the browser without parsing them itself. This means for instance that if the JPEG implementation in your browser has a bug, a file you load in Peek (e.g. a PDF) could take advantage of it and do nasty things. Depending on the origin of the file and your trust in your operating system and browser, if you think this is a risk for you, you should disable image display by unselecting "Display Images" in Peek's View menu.
• Peek can extract data from the files it analyzes and let you save them to files. Depending on the browser, a single click on a link can save a file to the Download folder without notice. Be cautious about what you do with them: maybe you should rename them immediately or delete them as soon as you have finished with them, not taking the risk of forgetting they're dangerous and dealing with them unwisely later.

To summarize, Peek runs in the browser and isn't less secure than any other JavaScript application. If your browser has bugs which can be exploited, that's bad anyway, but even more so if you play with files known to be risky, such as malware. Deschide ochii mama mea 😥😥😥

On the other hand, Peek is served from calerga.com via https with an Extended Validation Certificate (EV), so you can have confidence in its origin: we're Calerga Sarl, a Swiss company founded in 2001. We do our best to build a good reputation and earn your trust for solid and reliable software and online presence, without advertisement, tracking, cookies, abusive terms of service, etc. While there is no single formal "academic paper"