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Honest, first-person notes on HTTP header tooling, browser-extension privacy, and building developer tools people can actually trust.

VibeHeader 1.1, built from community feedback: Profiles, Filters, and Sharing VIBEHEADER 1.1 Built from your feedback. PROFILES FILTERS SHARING Community-led · open source

July 27, 2026 · Product update

VibeHeader 1.1: Profiles, Request Filters, and Better Sharing

Keep projects separate with multiple Profiles, scope headers to the right request URLs, test regex rules, and include Filters when you share a setup.

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Security guide: remove ModHeader, clean up its data, and rotate exposed secrets SECURITY GUIDE Remove it. Clean up. 4 STEPS IOC LIST Practical, source-attributed steps Cleanup checklist 1 Remove the extension 2 Wipe local storage 3 Block the collector domain 4 Rotate exposed secrets

July 13, 2026 · Security notice

How to Remove the ModHeader Malware and Clean Up What It Left Behind

A practical, source-attributed cleanup guide for the July 2026 ModHeader v7.0.18 malware flag: confirm if you're affected, uninstall from Chrome and Edge, wipe leftover local storage on Mac and Windows, block the exfiltration domain, rotate secrets — plus an IOC table for security teams.

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Founder story: trust in a browser extension needs open-source proof FOUNDER’S TAKE Trust needs proof. OPEN SOURCE NO TRACKING Why I stopped accepting “just trust it” This extension contains malware Disabled by Chrome · July 2026 VibeHeader No ads · no analytics · public source

July 12, 2026 · By Kai

ModHeader Was Flagged as Malware. I'm Not Surprised — Here's Why I Built VibeHeader.

Chrome flagged ModHeader as malware this morning. As the founder of VibeHeader, here's my honest take on what happened, the three problems that pushed me to build a private, ad-free alternative a year ago, and what to do if you're leaving ModHeader.

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Origin story: a fragile screenshot handoff became a private share link ORIGIN STORY Built from friction. WEEKEND BUILD PRIVATE SHARING From pixels and guesswork to one exact link x-feature-flag: enabled Was that a lowercase l or uppercase I? vibeheader.com/s#c=… Exact

September 14, 2025 · By Kai · The origin story

The Story Behind VibeHeader: How a Weekend Vibe-Coding Session Created an Ad-Free ModHeader Alternative

Screenshot hell, mystery ads, and one broken weekend later — the honest story of why VibeHeader exists and the promises it was built on.

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