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Exactly. For the slow on the uptake, this takes the entire security problem, and puts it on some strangers 'safe' computer.

Totally-Not-A-Surveillance-Organization: "Hey, um. We have this super safe place where you can do all your top secret need-to-be safe web browsing. Away from all those prying eyes. Yep, super safe, here. Right here."

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These are excellent points thank you for bringing them to everybody's attention.

I'm a little shocked that people haven't brought this up until now. This is one of the main security issues that the BrowserGap on premise solution is built to address.

With on-premise self-hosting you can transfer the trust issue from our cloud-based system to your own private cloud or data center.

I'm not sure if all browser isolation vendors offer hybrid or on-premise solutions but I think most do. Menlo, Symantec, WEBGAP, LightPoint, Authentic8.

Ah, an on premise solution is something entirely different. Moving a group of users security problem to a controlled machine could be useful. Setting phasers to laser pointer mode.

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