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But then the browser is able to collect history across app usage though, which makes it more dangerous, not less.
by einhverfr 7y ago
But then the browser is able to collect history across app usage though, which makes it more dangerous, not less.
- TekMol 7y agoWe have to differentiate between platform (OS/Browser) and applicaion (native app/website) The browser is the OS. The website is the application. Browser and os can both track your history. An application / a website can not. You might think websites can via tracking scripts connecting to third parties. But applications can connect to third parties even easier. As a user, you have even less power to prevent that.
- einhverfr 7y agoThat's why I want to be able to trust my OS privacy-wise. A native app might be able to violate my privacy. But an OS that can do so is much more dangerous. The reason is the volume of data that can be collected by the gatekeeper.
- TekMol 7y agoThat's why I wrote What we need is a user friendly browser A browser we can trust. That is built to serve the user and hands all power to the user.
- tannhaeuser 7y agoYeah except TFA shows this is exactly not what browsers are doing (with the possible exception of Safari)
- TekMol 7y agoThat's why I wrote What we need is a user friendly browser Firefox is a step in the right direction. The next step would be for some open source initiative to do the work and de-google Firefox completely. If that fork of Firefox gains traction, it might bring Mozilla on the right track so they drop their ties with Google to survive.
- batat 7y ago> The browser is the OS. The website is the application. No, that's wrong.
- tannhaeuser 7y ago;) How about the browser is an application, and the website is ... a website?