What Gist does on your device vs. on our servers
Your browsing does not reach our servers until you ask it to. When you do, we read the source, cache the summary, and delete the source.
Your browsing does not reach our servers until you ask it to.
Before you click — on your device
Gist watches the pages you open, locally, in the extension, to decide whether to suggest a Gist. The decision is a fingerprint check against an on-device index. Nothing about the page content is sent to our servers.
If you never click Gist, nothing about the page leaves your device.
After you click — on our servers
When you click Gist (or paste a URL into /try), the source is sent to our servers. We read it, generate the layered summary, and return it to your reader.
Two things then happen:
- The finished summary is cached — so you can re-open it instantly, and so a share URL can render for anyone you send it to.
- The original source payload is deleted. We do not keep the article, the PDF, or the video.
Share pages are explicit
A Gist becomes public only when you create a share link. Nothing is published by default. No Gist appears on the web unless you put it there on purpose.
Delete is a real option
If you created a share link and want it removed, send the URL through contact support. If you want your account and reading history deleted, ask from the email on the account. See Delete my data for the specifics.
What is next
- The layers — what actually reaches our servers after you click.
- Help: Delete my data — the self-serve removal path.