Web3 browsers
True Browser
A Chromium browser we built for a private client, aimed at AI and Web3 users, with privacy rules set at the start of the build.
- Chromium
- AI
- Web3
- Privacy
- Built on
- Chromium
- Our part
- We built True on Chromium, setting its privacy rules first and building its AI and Web3 surfaces to follow them.
The client and the problem
The client wanted a browser for AI and Web3 users where privacy was a starting requirement, not a settings page added after launch.
What we built
We built True on Chromium and settled its data-handling rules first: what the browser stores, what it sends and how it behaves by default. The default experience and built-in surfaces for AI and Web3 users were then built to follow those rules.
- A custom Chromium build
- Default behavior and built-in surfaces for AI and Web3 users
- Privacy rules for storage, requests and defaults, set before feature work began
Why it was hard
Privacy decisions cost least at the start. Once request handling, storage and defaults are built, adding privacy later usually means undoing earlier work. Deciding the rules first touched more of the browser up front, but every feature added afterward had a fixed set of rules to follow.
How it fits together
How privacy rules shape True Browser
True Browser
- AI
- Web3
The client’s product: a browser for AI and Web3 users.
AI and Web3 surfaces
- AI
- Web3
Default behavior and built-in surfaces for AI and Web3 users, following the privacy rules below.
Privacy rules
- Privacy
What the browser stores, what it sends and how it behaves by default, decided before feature work began.
Chromium
The open-source engine True is built on.
- Client's product
- Our engineering
- Upstream: third-party code we build on
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