False dichotomy. You provide all browsers with data by using them; the question is what they do with that data. Chrome is not materially different than other

False dichotomy. You provide all browsers with data by using them; the question is what they do with that data. Chrome is not materially different than other browsers in the level of control you're able to have over what gets sent elsewhere. You can very easily set it so the only thing the server sees is a "check if an update is available." If you're using Chromium instead of Chrome, then you don't have the updater, so even that is not present. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Listening_capabilities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#Listening_capabi... , which is a reasonable summary with more detail than what I've given above. For full details, see https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html .