tap-to-view

Chrome extension · v1.0

Nobody reads your screen but you.

Every image and video is blurred the moment a page loads. Tap one to reveal it, tap again to hide it. Nothing is exposed unless you choose to expose it.

Free, open source, no account. 20 KB.

Clarity is something you point at.

01 — Demo

Try it right here.

This is the real thing: the same 14 pixel blur, the same 160 millisecond reveal, the same tap-to-toggle behaviour the extension applies to every page you open.

https://news.example.com
6 of 6 still hidden

02 — Behaviour

Three decisions, and everything follows.

  1. Before paint

    The blur arrives ahead of the image

    The stylesheet is injected at document_start, so the browser has never painted the original. There is no flash to catch — which is the entire moment a privacy screen exists to protect.

  2. 64 pixels

    Small things stay sharp

    Icons, logos and avatars under 64 pixels are left alone. Below that size an image carries nothing readable from across a table, so hiding it would cost you a usable interface and buy no privacy.

  3. Fail-safe

    Errors leave things hidden

    Everything blurs first; the script only ever removes blur. A slow page, a storage error, a bug — the worst case is an icon that stays fuzzy. It never fails in the direction of showing you something.

No servers. No analytics.
No requests.

  • CollectedNothing
  • StoredThe sites where you turned blurring off — in your browser, nowhere else
  • TransmittedNothing. The extension makes zero outbound requests
  • AccountsNone
  • This pageNo trackers, no cookies, no third-party fonts

Read the full privacy policy →

03 — Install

Load it in about a minute.

The Web Store listing is in review. Until it lands, install the unpacked extension — no build step, no dependencies.

  1. Step one

    Download the source

    Grab the repository and unzip it anywhere you like.

  2. Step two

    Open chrome://extensions

    Turn on Developer mode using the switch in the top right corner.

  3. Step three

    Load unpacked → pick extension/

    No permission warning appears — the extension asks for nothing at install time.

  4. Step four

    Click the icon → Turn on protection

    Access is requested once, at the moment you choose, rather than bundled into the install. Grant it and every tab you open from then on arrives blurred.