Unfortunately these forks -- of which there are many -- often fall behind Chromium's security updates and even introduce serious bugs of their own. E.g. "WhiteH

Unfortunately these forks -- of which there are many -- often fall behind Chromium's security updates and even introduce serious bugs of their own. E.g. "WhiteHat Aviator", another "security-oriented" fork, had this fiasco: https://plus.google.com/+JustinSchuh/posts/69qw9wZVH8z https://plus.google.com/+JustinSchuh/posts/69qw9wZVH8z Maybe Iridium has a better record but with so few eyes on them it's hard to have much confidence. Probably the best thing to do if you're worried about Chromium spying on you is to use Firefox.