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Extensible browsers are true "user-agents"! Congratulations on the launch. As uMatrix user, I see a lot of potential, and love the no-code approach to let user

Extensible browsers are true "user-agents"! Congratulations on the launch. As uMatrix user, I see a lot of potential, and love the no-code approach to let users build extensions themselves to suit their needs. Can't wait to see this go cross-platform: I get it is going to take a while but any tentative dates for Linux (deb) and Android flavours? That said, I want to point that the FAQ on the homepage for "What about privacy?" is a bit incomplete, "Insight disables trackers by default with a much larger blocklist than Safari. It uses server-side logic to suggest extensions as you browse. This data is never logged, but you can also turn this setting off so Insight does not make any calls to its servers at all." 'Cause the privacy policy [0] reveals that Insight may collect information including IP addresses, device-ids, location, and browsing history and share them with third-parties; which is not really what a few folks (like me) who block trackers in expectation of better privacy (and not just speed) want to hear, especially with the monetization strategy unclear at this stage. [0] https://archive.is/q4u4R https://archive.is/q4u4R

archajain 6y ago
Thank you! That's a good catch, our FAQ was slightly out of date, and the privacy policy is the most recent. I've updated the FAQ and apologize for that lack of total clarity. We want to be as transparent as possible because our business plan is going to work around a paid tier and we have no intention of data exploitation. Insight does send browsing data to servers to suggest extensions — we'd like to move this logic client side but right now the complexity around search extensions in particular requires server side logic and logging, similar to how even DuckDuckGo has to log. This is a core value proposition of Insight and how it simplifies the browsing experience. However, you can turn off all communication with Insight servers in the settings if you'd like even more privacy. We want our users to be comfortable using Insight, so let me know if there's anything else that bothers you.

archajain 6y ago

Thank you! That's a good catch, our FAQ was slightly out of date, and the privacy policy is the most recent. I've updated the FAQ and apologize for that lack of total clarity. We want to be as transparent as possible because our business plan is going to work around a paid tier and we have no intention of data exploitation. Insight does send browsing data to servers to suggest extensions — we'd like to move this logic client side but right now the complexity around search extensions in particular requires server side logic and logging, similar to how even DuckDuckGo has to log. This is a core value proposition of Insight and how it simplifies the browsing experience. However, you can turn off all communication with Insight servers in the settings if you'd like even more privacy. We want our users to be comfortable using Insight, so let me know if there's anything else that bothers you.