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Nice to see FF picking up momentum again. I don't want to use Chrome because I don't trust Google with my data (using Chromium right now). Can't wait to switch

Nice to see FF picking up momentum again. I don't want to use Chrome because I don't trust Google with my data (using Chromium right now). Can't wait to switch back, once it's GA.

Diederich 9y ago
Honest question: does Chrome share any data with Google, assuming you turn the right switches off?
- DarkCrusader2 9y ago
  > assuming you turn the right switches off That's the problem. I shouldn't have to find the switches in the first place. Plus they constantly keep shuffling the settings around(on other google apps and android too) and I can never find the ones I am looking for.
  - milcron 9y ago
    Take a look at https://iridiumbrowser.de/ https://iridiumbrowser.de/ > Before Iridium Browser, we had to decide if we wanted to have cutting edge technologies like sandboxed processes, WebRTC, WebUSB … , or if we wanted to use a browser that respects our privacy. So we decided to use the power of free software and build a browser that can do both. We analysed the code of Chromium and stripped out the functionality which exposes data to others in a way we don‘t like. See most important changes here: https://github.com/iridium-browser/tracker/wiki/Differences-between-Iridium-and-Chromium https://github.com/iridium-browser/tracker/wiki/Differences-...
DavideNL 9y ago
Chromium also sends data back to Google... unless you use Ungoogled-chromium, but the latter has the issue of not being up to date (= missing recent security updates).
- deltaprotocol 9y ago
  Or Inox https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset
mozoldie 9y ago
I would love to see some evidence for this. The privacy policy contradicts you, hence I would treat this as FUD in absence of actual evidence: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html#server-log https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html#ser... (Just make sure you don't sign chromium into your google account. If you sign into your firefox account in firefox, then data is also uploaded, albeit in an encrypted format.)

Nice to see FF picking up momentum again. I don't want to use Chrome because I don't trust Google with my data (using Chromium right now). Can't wait to switch back, once it's GA.

Diederich 9y ago

Honest question: does Chrome share any data with Google, assuming you turn the right switches off?

DarkCrusader2 9y ago
> assuming you turn the right switches off That's the problem. I shouldn't have to find the switches in the first place. Plus they constantly keep shuffling the settings around(on other google apps and android too) and I can never find the ones I am looking for.
- milcron 9y ago
  Take a look at https://iridiumbrowser.de/ https://iridiumbrowser.de/ > Before Iridium Browser, we had to decide if we wanted to have cutting edge technologies like sandboxed processes, WebRTC, WebUSB … , or if we wanted to use a browser that respects our privacy. So we decided to use the power of free software and build a browser that can do both. We analysed the code of Chromium and stripped out the functionality which exposes data to others in a way we don‘t like. See most important changes here: https://github.com/iridium-browser/tracker/wiki/Differences-between-Iridium-and-Chromium https://github.com/iridium-browser/tracker/wiki/Differences-...

DavideNL 9y ago

Chromium also sends data back to Google... unless you use Ungoogled-chromium, but the latter has the issue of not being up to date (= missing recent security updates).

deltaprotocol 9y ago
Or Inox https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset

mozoldie 9y ago

I would love to see some evidence for this. The privacy policy contradicts you, hence I would treat this as FUD in absence of actual evidence: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html#server-log https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html#ser... (Just make sure you don't sign chromium into your google account. If you sign into your firefox account in firefox, then data is also uploaded, albeit in an encrypted format.)