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How modern browsers track, profile, and monetize you — and what a browser that collects zero data does instead.
- Engineering · Jun 5, 2026 · 11 min readWhat We Stripped From Chromium (and What Broke)A component-by-component breakdown of what we removed from Chromium to build Nav0 — telemetry, background sync, speculative pre-rendering, and the recommendation engine — and what users actually lose.
- Privacy · May 22, 2026 · 15 min readCookie Banners Are Privacy TheaterCookie consent banners were supposed to give you control over your data. Instead, they became a tax on attention, a UX disaster, and a fig leaf for tracking that never really stopped.
- Privacy · Mar 15, 2026 · 13 min readIncognito Mode Is Not Private: The Biggest Lie Your Browser Tells YouPrivate browsing modes like Chrome's Incognito don't make you private. They hide your history from your device — not from your ISP, employer, or the websites you visit. Here's what they actually do.
- Comparisons · Feb 28, 2026 · 15 min readThe Enshittification of Chrome: How the World's Most Popular Browser Turned Against Its UsersChrome used to be the fast, clean browser that saved us from Internet Explorer. Now it's a bloated, data-hungry machine that serves Google's ad business first and users second. Here's how it happened.
- Privacy · Feb 21, 2026 · 17 min readWhy Your Browser Wants You to Sign InEvery time you open your browser, it nudges you to create an account and sign in. That's not about convenience — it's about tying every click, search, and keystroke to your real identity.
- Privacy · Feb 10, 2026 · 13 min readYour Browser Is Watching You: The Hidden Cost of Free BrowsingModern browsers collect an astonishing amount of data about you. We break down exactly what they track, why it matters, and what you can do about it.
- Privacy · Feb 8, 2026 · 13 min readStop Forcing AI Into My BrowserEvery major browser is cramming AI features into their product. Nobody asked for this. Here's why forced AI integration is bad for users, bad for privacy, and bad for the web.