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Edge does not (e2e) encrypt your synced browsing history and your bookmarks. In the help pages Microsoft tries to weasel itself out of it by talking about TLS o
by bad_user 6y ago
Edge does not (e2e) encrypt your synced browsing history and your bookmarks. In the help pages Microsoft tries to weasel itself out of it by talking about TLS or encryption "at rest".
Chrome on the other hand can do end to end encryption by providing your own password.
Windows 10 has an advertising ID that is passed via Edge to Bing Ads. Chrome does the same thing with a low entropy ID passed to DoubleClick. In both cases this is used to track you. The difference is that Microsoft can potentially track your behavior in other apps as well.
Google is also very transparent about what they collect about you. You can also opt out of any collection or personalization. Do you know what Microsoft collects about you? They sure collect a ton of telemetry, with no way to opt out in some cases. The terms of Windows Insiders for example are ridiculous.
And Bing Ads is generating about $8 billion per year which isn't pocket change. If you think Microsoft isn't making a shitload of money from ads, you're wrong.
In other words they are very equivalent, but due to lacking end to end encryption for synchronized data, I can't touch Edge.
Note that I don't use Chrome either, only for testing like you. Firefox is better than both if concerned about privacy.
- _bxg1 6y agoIs it naive to assume that the advertising ID, etc. are left out of plain Chromium?
- cosmojg 6y agoIndeed, it is. That's why this exists: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium
- tuananh 6y agofor those that care so much about privacy but figure it's still ok to download ungoogled-chromium > NOTE: These binaries are provided by anyone who are willing to build and submit them. Because these binaries are not necessarily reproducible, authenticity cannot be guaranteed; In other words, there is always a non-zero probability that these binaries may have been tampered with. In the unlikely event that this has happened to you, please report it in a new issue.
- livre 6y agoAdvertising ID likely yes, but Chromium still connects to other Google services in the background. If you want Chrome without Google your best option is ungoogled-chromiun.
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- nojito 6y ago>Google is also very transparent about what they collect about you. You can also opt out of any collection or personalization. Only when they get caught. One example. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/12/28/google-is-tracking-students-as-it-sells-more-products-to-schools-privacy-advocates-warn/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/12/28...
- Hawxy 6y ago> Do you know what Microsoft collects about you? ...Yes? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/privacy/required-windows-diagnostic-data-events-and-fields-2004 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/privacy/required-wi... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/privacy/windows-diagnostic-data https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/privacy/windows-dia... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/privacy/diagnostic-data-viewer-overview https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/privacy/diagnostic-... What's with this trend on HN to act like Microsoft's telemetry collection is some kind of mysterious black box?
- kardos 6y agoAs I understand it, there is no way to audit what is being sent to MS, so it is effectively a black box. If that has changed that would be great to know about...