Show HN: Open-source app to turn headless Chrome into a normal browser

so the big question... Why? I don't get what the purpose of this project is and the link doesn't explain why I would want to use this.

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I just signed up to say this:<p>I think this a really neat idea and for some could be an alternative or addon to the average VPN provider. I did not read all the comments in the other thread but found anti-malware mentioned as a use-case. I have been thinking a while about some more advanced anti-fingerprinting&#x2F;tracking techniques. In many cases you can be fingerprinted even if you change your IP. Some kind of cloud browser or desktop which randomizes your browser, underlying OS, IP + all the other stuff which can be used for printing, would be awesome. In principle tinkering together something like that should not be that hard. Maybe automating and maintaining the whole setup.<p>There is <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bromium.com&#x2F;our-tech&#x2F;bromium-secure-platform&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bromium.com&#x2F;our-tech&#x2F;bromium-secure-platform&#x2F;</a> which isolates each tab in a VM, Would it be possible to isolate each tab in a different cloud server? i.e. in tab 1 I&#x27;m aptrgangr on ycombinator with edge on windows, in tab 2 I&#x27;m lurking as uptrgungr on irc with firefox on MacOs, in tab 3 I&#x27;m writing my business mails with chromium on linux. I&#x27;m not sure about the isolation of those 3 identities though, when everything is running in the same browser.<p>I don&#x27;t know if you could setup up kind of a light version of this model: for example open this link in a new tab but with a different IP, user agent and other factors which could easily be used for fingerprinting.

their landing page design is... unusual; sets `dir=rtl` on english text, making the fullstops show up at the beginning of sentences.

Typing a FQDN into the URL bar results in a duckduckgo search. Must I type http(s):&#x2F;&#x2F; ?<p>There&#x27;s no reload control.<p>I would like a cloud browser used for whatever purpose to at least have some of the same basic functions as my typical browser.

I did a quick search that there are 3 LICENSE files. 2 of them are close-sources. Do you intend to open source all the files?

Don&#x27;t hit the free demos too hard. I made the instances alot smaller since last time. Just posting because it&#x27;s clear that this is more than just a security product. It&#x27;s a UI and backend to use headless chrome like a regular browser, except in the cloud instead of your device.<p>Apart from security, or automation (not finished that part yet), I don&#x27;t know why you might want this, but I thought it was cool and so I&#x27;m sharing it because you might need it for something.

You could stick with the `head` pun with &quot;Headful&quot; etc...<p>or to go with a different spin and a double pun.<p>In the world of contracts it is often asked if some language &quot;has teeth&quot; As in, &quot;will be bite them if they misbehave&quot;, or &quot;will it bite us if we misbehave&quot;. Often this is even discussed the contract has been &quot;givien fangs&quot; if it will bite hard.<p>So in a world where large corporations would like to co-opt my broser to not be my browser. You could call it &quot;fangless&quot; has in you have removed the teeth that can bite me from my own browser, as in this browser can bite you, or if it tries nothing will happen. Also plays nicely on the capital markets acronym term of FANG who are the largest purveyor of sites that try to use my browser to bite me.<p>Or perhaps you could smush them together for a `reheaded (as in opposite of be-headed) fangless` browser.

I&#x27;m a bit disappointed it&#x27;s not called reheading or some pun of that nature