Edge is the number one browser in the world for installing chrome.
Edit: I thought this was a well know fact and if it isn't I might have been to harsh about Google and Chrome.
Edit 2: Thinking about it and searching a bit I conclude that IIRC Google at least used to have access to your browsing history as part of syncing it unencrypted.
My sync is encrypted so I can't test this for you but I believe if it's not, you can check (and clear) your history here: https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity
Google's privacy policy seems to make it clear that this happens unless encryption is turned on: https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/index.html#signed-in
Edit: never be afraid to admit your were wrong folks :) So it only gets a “potential list” of sites you visited. Wonder if the operators could aggregate the data enough to deanonymize things
Most browsers/users do, essentially. When a person searches Google for example, results are links to Google that redirect to the target sites. Try it, mouse over a result, and look at the URL. Then a user clicks on one and finds a page that likely has doubleclick.net/adsense/analytics/fonts, which all feed back to Google. Or buttons/pixels/whatever for Facebook. Or both. Or both and 10 more organizations. Then since all mainstream browsers by default send referrer info, and since tracker code is so pervasive, and since browsers are easily fingerprintable, trackers follow you along as you click links going from page to page. Trackers are getting redundant high quality data. They're right there with you as you browse; they see what you see. Although some browsers are easier to configure for privacy, IMO the browser you use is less important than how you use it.
Multiple organizations have the potential to possess a near-complete view of your browsing history.
- Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors
- Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar
and then there's
- Use a web service to help resolve spelling errors
whose description suggests it sends more than URLs.
"For the transparent proxy to work, it needs .google.com to be added to the URL whitelist to allow all traffic to .google.com. This configuration is not supported because of Chrome security features that are in place, and we recommend that you avoid the use of transparent proxies." https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/3504942?hl=en
○ Encrypt synced passwords with your Google username and password
◉ Encrypt synced data with your own sync passphrase
Not saying MS is not doing anything wrong, but the lesser evil I think.
>curl
curl: try 'curl --help' for more information
>where curl
C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe