- A new Surfshark study found that over 50% of the top 15 mobile browsers collect user location data.
- Microsoft Edge, Aloha, Yandex, and Phoenix collect precise location data, with Edge and Aloha openly sharing it with third parties.
- Privacy-focused browsers like Tor, Brave, and DuckDuckGo do not collect app-level location data, proving that continuous tracking isn’t technically necessary.
proving that continuous tracking isn’t technically necessary
Weird omission of Firefox.
That was OP, not the original post by rene
Four popular mobile browsers collect only your approximate location: Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox.
privacy-branded browsers like DuckDuckGo, Brave, Tor, and Ecosia, alongside Samsung Internet, UC Browser, and Mi Browser
This is a marketing post.
Right? Their “study” seems to have been reading the Google App Store and disclosures 😂
It’s also completely wrong about the apps on iOS which have system level controls for approx and precise location.
“The developer states…” honestly I barely trust apple anymore. I miss the days of human app reviews and a curated App Store. Gay Grandpa has sold us out, Jobs was an abusive narcissistic sociopath but I still miss him.
It doesn’t matter if you trust the developer or not, that’s the whole point of the system-level controls for these things.
And you think you have that? Uber got around Apple’s control and then bribed their way back in… Apple’s basically telling you they’ve abdicated responsibility at this point.
Never ever trust anything from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, X, TikTok for anything. Just don’t use their software.
Agreed.
Sent from my pixel phone. 💀
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