Privacy policy

Last updated 26 September 2026 · applies to BlankStare 0.7.0 and later.

BlankStare has no server and no account. The author collects nothing: no analytics, no tracking, no usage data.

What leaves your computer, and only when you ask

To Groq (api.groq.com), using your own key: the text you select, or the readable text of the page when you ask for a full-page summary, plus any context or follow-up question you type. When you press the speaker button with an Orpheus voice, the English answer is sent to be read aloud. Groq's own policy applies: groq.com/privacy-policy.
To YouTube (googleapis.com), only if you added a YouTube key and press Search: a search phrase based on your selection.
To your own SearXNG server, only if you set one up and press Search: the same search phrase. Without one, Search opens DuckDuckGo in a new tab, as if you had typed it there.

Settings and keys: in Chrome's extension storage (chrome.storage.sync). If you have Chrome sync turned on, Google syncs these between your own devices, like your bookmarks.
Your last 20 answers: in session storage, deleted when the browser closes.
Nothing else. Removing the extension removes all of it.

Read pages you visit: needed so the button beside selected text is already on the page. BlankStare reads only your selection, or the page when you ask for a summary.
Side panel, context menu, storage: to show the panel, the right-click entry, and keep your settings.
Your search server's address: asked for by name, once, when you press Test. You can refuse.

BlankStare does not sell or share data, and does not use it for anything but answering you. Questions: open an issue.