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The idea of getting information from other engineers relies on the idea that the other engineers aren't already complacent with AI.

This is so painfully accurate.

We rely on the whitelist to block all new threats, putting us ahead of domain-based blacklists. The server side checking is just to create a grade for privacy which you can look at…

We keep just the FQDN for sites that you "unlock". If you don't click unlock, nothing is stored.

We don't need to send any information to our service to protect you from bad sites because that is handled locally. The browser history already exists so the load on your machine i…

Safari will definitely be up soon. The reason why we're better at that than an AdBlock is because we use a whitelist approach. When using a whitelist, all the newest sites and atta…

There is no data collection by default. Everything is opt-in. The only information we communicate is what you opt into. The browser history stays in your browser and is not sent to…

MS definitely has a hold of the market but it's changing pretty rapidly. We have big plans!

Thanks! We're working on device support across the board, improved privacy scoring, and toying with the idea of adding Google's Perspective - https://www.perspectiveapi.com .

Site comparison is done natively using Chrome's history APIs. As far as representations for each site, we don't need to scan the DOM because our extension relies on native sandboxi…

Community features allow us to improve the product across the board and we would take that into account. :)

Sorry! It will be for FF on Android.

Browsing habits are analyzed locally. We only collect data if privacy grades or community protection is enabled via opting in. For those features we only collect the bare minimum t…

We'll be launching a mobile version for FF + Android soon. We agree, mobile is a place where this can also help immensely.

Hey all, I’m Rick, the founder of Apozy. We’re a YC-backed company in the current batch and we've created a browser extension that stops people from getting hacked by things like p…

Security is an afterthought; startups need to be considering it as a basis.

Blah blah blah I'm Bruce Schneier I run the world of security!