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> There are other alternatives to Google Chrome like Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Edge but many of these have serious privacy issues.

Really? I don't anything about Edge, but what serious privacy issues does Safari have? It doesn't send data back to Apple as far as I can tell. I can use ad blockers and tracker blockers with it. Or when they say "some of these" do they mean "one of these two?"

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Does Safari sync your data to icloud? If so, it can be secretly subpoenaed.

This is 100% true and 99% of time overlooked fact. Many people don't realize Apple can and does share iCloud data with law enforcement agencies.

This is false: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202303

End-to-End encrypted data section: Safari History and iCloud Tabs (requires iOS 13 or later)

How is the E2E key exchange done? As far as I know the key exchange is mediated by Apple, which means they could decrypt the data if they wanted to.

Details are available on Apple's Platform Security guide: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/cloudkit-end-to-end...

I do not sync any of my data to iCloud beyond Contacts and Calendar, so I would presume my browsing history is safe. Plus I always browse in Private mode, so it doesn't keep a history anyway. But I guess most people probably don't take those precautions so for them it could be a method of leaking data. Thanks for the insight!

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