A great thing about GUROchan is, that it works rather well without JavaScript (JS).
If you have disabled JS in your browser for security reasons, you can still use a great deal of features, including:

- the creation of threads
- writing a reply
- using the search
- reporting something
- use Filters
- watch all thumbnails & images

and more. But, same as with other websites, you have to be aware, that the site looks a bit different without JS
and that several other features won't work, including:

- the thread watcher
- advanced settings (you will not even see those)
- styles like dark mode etc (you won't see those either)
- videos won't play

and more.

GUROchan does not track you, store your IP-address, use external services like g💀💀gle and such and is of course encrypted.
So if you enable JS, it's reasonably safe and you get more out of the experience. But you don't have to.

One remark about drawing on /kaki though: you have to enable JS to get the modules to work.
And what is more, you have to allow canvas data to post your finished drawing.
This does make your browser uniquely identifiable. If you are all about privacy, this might not be for you.
Depending on your browser, you'll get a warning about that. Be aware, that drawing on the oekaki board and posting your
work afterwards is less anonymous than anything else around here.