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To be blunt, this project will never gain traction because not enough people are willing to store their browsing history somewhere outside of their control. The back button issue shows a lack of attention to detail. Something that's extremely important when dealing with sensitive personal data.

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Please know this is the first exposure this project has ever had. I really did try, in my spare time, to get this thing perfect before soliciting feedback from this wondrous community but -- alas! -- there be bugs. It's this kind of feedback that I was seeking and I intend to incorporate as I drive towards a broader release.

Part of what I'm trying to validate is exactly the point you raised: will people generally be too freaked out to store their browsing history "in the cloud"?

The next thing I'm hoping to determine is if it'll be enough to encrypt this content is such a way that people are OK with it being stored externally or if only a locally installed version will do. Security aside, there's a great deal of advantage to offer this service hosted.

Thanks for your feedback!

I think the only way people would be comfortable is if you use strong one-way encryption, meaning you yourself cannot decrypt a user's data. But to enable trust, and being a startup, you would have to have your code reviewed by a reliable third party or open-sourced for public review. Google gets away with it because they have built a brand with a reputation that some people trust enough with their data (I don't personally, but enough do). A much easier path is to create a version that works locally with no external communication. Both options would be ideal, but perhaps more work than you care to take on. No matter how it pans out it will be a great learning experience.

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