We can't spy on you.
Even if we wanted to.
This isn't a privacy policy full of legal loopholes. This is how GPTAnon actually works — in plain English. Private AI means your conversations are never stored, never linked to your identity, and never used to train AI models.
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Your question's journey
- You type a question — It stays in your browser. We haven't seen anything yet.
- It gets anonymized — Your question is stripped of identifying information and routed through our anonymous proxy. The AI model that answers you has no idea who asked.
- The AI responds — The answer streams back to your browser. We don't store the question. We don't store the answer. We don't store the fact that it happened.
- You close the tab — It's gone. Not "marked for deletion in 90 days" gone. Not "archived but technically still on a server" gone. Actually gone.
The difference, visualized
When you ask ChatGPT a question:
- Your question → tied to your account
- → stored on their servers
- → potentially used for training
- → accessible to employees
- → subject to government requests
- → retained for years
When you ask GPTAnon a question:
- Your question → anonymized
- → sent to the AI
- → answer returned
- → everything deleted
- → nothing to subpoena
- → nothing to leak, nothing to sell
The technology behind private AI
MIT Tiptoe Private Search
When you search the web through GPTAnon, we use Tiptoe — a private information retrieval system developed at MIT CSAIL. It uses cryptographic techniques to ensure that no one (not us, not the search provider) can link a query to the person who made it. This is peer-reviewed research, not a marketing claim.
Anonymous API Routing
Every AI query goes through a single anonymized pipeline. The AI providers (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, etc.) see a request — but they can't tell if it came from you or anyone else. All requests look the same.
Local-Only Storage
If you choose to save a conversation, it's stored in your browser's local storage — on your device. We never have a copy. Clear your browser, it's gone.
Disassociation by Design
If you create an account (for higher usage limits), authentication is architecturally separated from conversation content. We know you have an account; we don't know what you asked.
What we don't do
- ✗ Store your conversations on our servers
- ✗ Log your queries
- ✗ Sell data (we don't have data to sell)
- ✗ Use your conversations to train AI models
- ✗ Track what you ask or when you ask it
- ✗ Use analytics that fingerprint you
Why trust us?
Our business model is aligned with your privacy. We make money when you subscribe. Not when we sell your data. If we violated your privacy, we'd lose our only revenue source — you.
We architecturally can't spy on you. This isn't a policy decision. It's an engineering decision. The system is built so your queries are anonymized before they reach us.
We use MIT's research, not our own marketing. Tiptoe wasn't built by a startup trying to sell you something. It was built by researchers trying to solve a real cryptographic problem.
Who private AI is for
Professionals
Lawyers, doctors, therapists, and executives who handle sensitive information and can't risk it ending up in a training dataset.
Journalists & researchers
People investigating sensitive topics who need a conversation partner that won't create a paper trail.
Privacy-conscious individuals
Anyone who finds it unsettling that their questions about health, finances, or relationships are logged and profiled.
Teams & businesses
Organizations that need AI tools but have data handling policies that prohibit sending sensitive information to third-party servers.
Privacy FAQ
If you don't store anything, how do you handle abuse?
We rate-limit by session tokens, not identity. We can throttle abuse without knowing who you are.
Can the AI providers see my questions?
They see a question, but they can't tie it to you. All requests go through the same anonymized channel.
What if law enforcement asks for my data?
We'd comply with any legal request — but we have nothing to hand over. You can't produce what doesn't exist.
Why should I pay for this when ChatGPT is free?
ChatGPT is free because you're the product. GPTAnon costs money because you're the customer. That's the entire difference.
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