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Island Enterprise Browser blog
Company blog · island.io/blogsecurityprogramming
Island Enterprise Browser blog is the company blog at island.io, writing about security and programming. Since 2022, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Island: The Enterprise Browser”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (10) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters mostly link Island's site as an example of an enterprise browser, a Chromium-based product for corporate security such as DLP. They also discuss its funding and valuation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 10 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Govern human and AI workflows with Island’s Enterprise Agentic Control Plane. Streamline ZTNA, enforce browser DLP, and optimize digital experiences.
Most-linked posts?
- Island: The Enterprise Browser6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2022-02-01
- Island Browser: A reimagining of what the browser can do for the enterprise3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-06-14
- Popular Adblock for YouTube extension contains remote code execution2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-25
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-11-14
What Hacker News says?
How about this: sell the browser to the entreprise [1] and use the profit to offer the browser to the public for free, which in turns helps you secure a user base. [1] https://www.island.io/
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on “DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome”Submitted The Chromium Security Paradox as a story · 8 points
HN discussionFolks here don't understand how big of a market this is. Island just raised a $400 million Series F at $6.4 billion valuation: https://www.island.io/press/island-announces-400-million-ser... Mozilla is also very, very far behind in this race. But the potential is real. Enterprises have both the budget and the motivation to care about DLP (including preventing employees from copy/pasting sensitive data into AI chat a…
Comment linking /press/island-announces-400-million-series-f-bringing-valuation-to-6-4-billion
on “Firefox Enterprise”Submitted Popular Adblock for YouTube extension contains remote code execution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAlso these guys [1]. [1] https://www.island.io
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on “Atlassian is acquiring The Browser Company”Submitted Looking Inside Chromium's On-Device AI Stack as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'm guessing it's https://www.island.io
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on “I decided to stop working on Mighty”Submitted Debugging WinDbg with WinDbg: Fixing a Ctrl-C UI Freeze as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://www.island.io/ (not affiliated in any way)
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on “Mighty Retrospective”Submitted Island: The Enterprise Browser as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCould it be a MitM "enterprise browser" like Talon or Island, and/or related browser extensions? https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/company/press/2023/palo-alt... > Dec. 28, 2023 Palo Alto Networks .. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Talon Cyber Security, a pioneer of enterprise browser technology ... Talon's Enterprise Browser will provide additional layers of protection against phishing attacks, we…
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on “10 Second Teleportation”Submitted AgentBaiting: Fake AI Skills and MCP Servers Delivered Malware as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI feel like startups is just a way to do money laundering nowadays. You can say what you want but there is NO way this startup is worth a billion dollars and that this money is actually clean. Seriously, look at their website: https://www.island.io/ There is not even a SINGLE image of the browser itself, it's just 3D renders, there is no way to test it. At least BREX, Slack and the others are product you can see, it…
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on “Island is among the fastest companies to reach unicorn status”Submitted BadBlocker: 11M Users, One Server Call Away from Compromise as a story · 1 points
HN discussionReminds of Island, the "enterprise browser" [1]. [1] https://www.island.io/product
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on “Microsoft Edge will start blocking screenshots on the job”Submitted DaaS vs. VDI: What's the difference? (2024) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSadly its based on chromium >It’s built on Chromium - the same open source project that powers Chrome, https://www.island.io/
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on “Island: Browser you've never heard of is now worth a billion dollars”Submitted Island Enterprise Browser Makes Federal Debut as a story · 1 points
HN discussionI don't use GitLab but I do use Firefox for almost all my home and work browsing[1] and haven't had this problem with other sites which use cloudflare. I do use both ublock origin and advanced tracking protection always so I'm going to say the problem is with some configuration gitlab is doing rather than with cloudflare. [1] Exceptions being mobile, if I am specifically testing something and certain work situations…
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on “Ask HN: Is your Firefox blocked by Cloudflare in recent weeks? (e.g., Gitlab)”Submitted Island Browser: A reimagining of what the browser can do for the enterprise as a story · 1 points
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