The Person Behind Dazr
I was born in the Netherlands, I'm half German, and I currently live in Italy. I built Dazr because I got tired of every browser having some hidden agenda - ads, crypto, telemetry, or a search deal with Google that quietly shapes what "privacy" actually means in practice.
There's no company behind this, no board, no investors. Just me, building something I actually want to use. Every decision I make comes down to one question: does this make the browser better for the people using it? If not, it doesn't ship.
European Infrastructure, Top to Bottom
Every service this browser connects to is hosted in Europe, operated by European companies, and subject to EU data protection law.
All DNS queries go through dns0.eu and Quad9, both European non-profit DNS providers. Not Google, not Cloudflare.
dns0.eu (EU) / Quad9 (CH)Location services use Beacondb, a European community-driven geolocation database. No data flows to Google's location services.
Beacondb (EU)Powered by Ghostery's open-source blocking engine with locally cached filter lists. No remote telemetry, no cloud lookups.
Ghostery (DE)The default search experience is our own, built and hosted on European servers. Queries are proxied through our infrastructure so your identity is never exposed to third-party search engines.
Self-hosted (EU)Browser updates are distributed from European servers. The update check itself sends no identifying information.
EU ServersECH support hides which sites you visit from your ISP. The ECH configuration is fetched through European DNS infrastructure.
dns0.eu (EU)Fully Independent from Big Tech
Most browsers have invisible strings attached. They depend on Google for search revenue, use AWS for hosting, rely on American analytics services, or take investment from companies whose interests conflict with user privacy. We have none of that.
- No Google revenue dependency We don't receive search revenue from Google, so there's never a financial incentive to default to their services or soften our blocking.
- No American cloud dependency No AWS, no Google Cloud, no Azure. Our infrastructure runs on European providers subject to GDPR, not the CLOUD Act.
- No investor pressure Zero venture capital, zero shareholders. No one can push us to monetize user data, add sponsored content, or compromise on privacy for growth metrics.
- No telemetry or analytics The browser sends nothing home. No usage analytics, no crash reports unless you choose to send them, no pings of any kind. We literally don't know how many users we have.
- No affiliate link injection URLs are never modified for revenue. When you visit a shopping site, the URL is exactly what you typed. Unlike some "privacy" browsers that quietly append affiliate codes.
- No cryptocurrency or rewards programs No token economy, no built-in wallet, no "earn while you browse" schemes. These introduce attack surface and misaligned incentives.
Why This Matters
Your browser is the most intimate piece of software you use. It sees every site you visit, every search you make, every form you fill out. The company behind your browser matters as much as the code inside it.
When your browser is built by an advertising company, privacy features will always have limits. When it's funded by venture capital, there's always an exit strategy that may not align with your interests. When it's subject to American jurisdiction, your data can be compelled by laws like the CLOUD Act regardless of where you live.
This browser is built in Europe, by a European, for everyone who believes the internet deserves better than surveillance capitalism. No leverage. No strings. No compromises.