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It’s one bug. Sure if it’s still open (the article was from January) then that’s not good but Chrome has thousands of open bugs as well and likely some that wou

It’s one bug. Sure if it’s still open (the article was from January) then that’s not good but Chrome has thousands of open bugs as well and likely some that would give me pause. The fact that Google is the one giving Apple a hard time might indicate a bit of an agenda since it’s their competitor.. Google literally sends your browsing habits from pages visited to mouse movements to their servers where they link it with your other Google info like Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Maps GPS tracking via your phone. Google products “leak” all the users data back to the mothership as a feature. And Chrome users tend to use a lot of random extensions which means the data usually leaks to a lot of unknown third parties as well (see DataSpii for one example which effected millions of Chrome and Firefox users) So yes let’s expect higher standards from all browser developers. But realistically Apple likely fixed the bug or has a very good reason why it’s difficult to entirely patch yet. Google has had many extended data leaks as well but they actually build tools to gather your data up in the first place which makes it that much riskier should it get stolen or misused by Google or Google employees.

lern_too_spel 6y ago
> It’s one bug. It's a security bug that leaks information about the user. It reduces privacy for the user to any website they visit. Chrome and Firefox fix these security bugs immediately upon learning about them. Safari does not because it had hyped ITP and is more interested in security theater, which makes for great marketing, than actual security. I don't know why you are trying to redirect the conversation to services that can be accessed from any browser. The topic of discussion is which browsers are more secure and offer better privacy.
- mrgordon 6y ago
  Yeah Google would never sacrifice user privacy... Guess what story popped up when I logged in today? https://www.tomsguide.com/news/chrome-google-site-data-special-treatment https://www.tomsguide.com/news/chrome-google-site-data-speci... “Chrome won't clear your Google and YouTube data — even if you tell it to Browser retains site data in defiance of privacy settings” Every week there is a new scandal with Chrome privacy and usually it’s Google to blame and not a bug. I’m sure they’ll tell us this was another honest mistake that tracked billions of people for ten years but NEXT time they’ll put our privacy first. Meanwhile we all know our data has been the goal since day one and Google Chrome is the Trojan Horse to get the tracking onto our computer
  - lern_too_spel 6y ago
    You realize that the article you linked to is about the exact same thing as TFA, right? Then you must also realize because I've already told you that Safari doesn't even give you the option to clear data on exit right? That makes it strictly worse for your privacy. The particular issue mentioned here turned out to be a bug that affects more than YouTube and Google. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=127340 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=127340

lern_too_spel 6y ago

> It’s one bug. It's a security bug that leaks information about the user. It reduces privacy for the user to any website they visit. Chrome and Firefox fix these security bugs immediately upon learning about them. Safari does not because it had hyped ITP and is more interested in security theater, which makes for great marketing, than actual security. I don't know why you are trying to redirect the conversation to services that can be accessed from any browser. The topic of discussion is which browsers are more secure and offer better privacy.

mrgordon 6y ago
Yeah Google would never sacrifice user privacy... Guess what story popped up when I logged in today? https://www.tomsguide.com/news/chrome-google-site-data-special-treatment https://www.tomsguide.com/news/chrome-google-site-data-speci... “Chrome won't clear your Google and YouTube data — even if you tell it to Browser retains site data in defiance of privacy settings” Every week there is a new scandal with Chrome privacy and usually it’s Google to blame and not a bug. I’m sure they’ll tell us this was another honest mistake that tracked billions of people for ten years but NEXT time they’ll put our privacy first. Meanwhile we all know our data has been the goal since day one and Google Chrome is the Trojan Horse to get the tracking onto our computer
- lern_too_spel 6y ago
  You realize that the article you linked to is about the exact same thing as TFA, right? Then you must also realize because I've already told you that Safari doesn't even give you the option to clear data on exit right? That makes it strictly worse for your privacy. The particular issue mentioned here turned out to be a bug that affects more than YouTube and Google. https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=127340 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=127340