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> It's the most secure browser available. That's a not a 'might be legitimate' use case. It may be Jesus on a popsicle, but I'm not going to trust something di

> It's the most secure browser available. That's a not a 'might be legitimate' use case. It may be Jesus on a popsicle, but I'm not going to trust something distributed via drive-by-installers, marketed through SPAM and made by the world's biggest data-hoarder and privacy-invader no matter what. It's adware/malware short and simple. Make it 100% FOSS. Remove any technical connection to Google. Don't require Google-logon to sync. Only distribute it to users who actually asked to have it installed. Etc etc. At that point I might consider starting trusting it. Not before.

pvg 10y ago
So, like https://www.chromium.org/Home https://www.chromium.org/Home Personally, I'd at definitely consider using Jesus on a popsicle, if the opportunity arose, just to see what it's like. Not that it has so far, sadly.
- josteink 10y ago
  Chromium still requires you to log into a google account and share your private data with google to sync. Definitely not an option.
  - pvg 10y ago
    To sync what? I use Chrome and never log into a non-web google account. In fact, I'm able to browse the web without 'syncing' anything.
    - josteink 10y ago
      Bookmarks, history, passwords etc. I don't want to give those to google. Is that unreasonable?
      - pvg 10y ago
        No, not at all but by the vehemence of your reply, you make it sound like Chrome or Chromium force you to give these things to google. And I don't think they do.