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Firefox remains the best choice. It doesn't send data to Google or someone else to monitor what sites you visit and other things which Chrome might be doing. F

Firefox remains the best choice. It doesn't send data to Google or someone else to monitor what sites you visit and other things which Chrome might be doing. Firefox also allows you to use AdBlock Plus, NoScript, Ghostery and a few other addons to improve security, lower bandwidth usage and improve performance. I really hate these studies paid by other companies. Where's the "don't be evil", Google? Are you afraid that Firefox will kill your beloved monitoring tool Chrome? Why does Chrome have a unique ID? Isn't this meant to identify you in a very precise way by attaching the browser unique ID to the gmail account?

GiraffeNecktie 15y ago
According to this article, the unique ID is removed after the first update http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/google_chrome_unique_identifier_change/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/google_chrome_unique...
- kermitthehermit 15y ago
  It's still there. I recall looking up a way to remove it and found something for Chrome 8-9. However, that "field" has now been merged into some other field and you can't remove it without losing all the data.
mirkules 15y ago
I always had my suspicions about using Chrome, but could never prove it. In Google's business model, the user is the product, so I always question their free software and how my data is being harvested. Do you happen to have any links about Chrome's unique ID? I would love to read more about it...
chimeracoder 15y ago
Chromium doesn't (necessarily) send data to Google. As far as safety, it should be comparably safe to Chrome, since beyond branding, the differences between the two browsers are slight.
magicalist 15y ago
> Why does Chrome have a unique ID? Last time this came up, I believe the Moz engineers said that it doesn't anymore, as long as you download it directly from google, but it does if you get chrome from downloading it with mcaffee or whatever (which makes it like three bad things at once).
justinschuh 15y ago
>Firefox remains the best choice. It doesn't send data to Google or someone else to monitor what sites you visit and other things which Chrome might be doing. Chrome does not do this. Here is a link to the Chrome privacy policy listing all communication with Google and settings to disable such communication: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html >Firefox also allows you to use AdBlock Plus, NoScript, Ghostery and a few other addons to improve security, lower bandwidth usage and improve performance. I'm glad to hear that you're a happy Firefox user and agree that they support a very diverse extension ecosystem. >I really hate these studies paid by other companies. This is one of the perils with commissioning an objective third-party assessment. Simply put, the results might include things you really didn't want to hear. However, all the data, methodology, and tools are publicly available. If you think there's a legitimate issue with the study, then please investigate further. >Why does Chrome have a unique ID? Chrome does not. When a version of Chrome is pre-installed as part of a third-party campaign the updater has a unique ID as described http://blog.chromium.org/2010/06/in-open-for-rlz.html http://blog.chromium.org/2010/06/in-open-for-rlz.html

GiraffeNecktie 15y ago

According to this article, the unique ID is removed after the first update http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/google_chrome_unique_identifier_change/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/16/google_chrome_unique...

kermitthehermit 15y ago
It's still there. I recall looking up a way to remove it and found something for Chrome 8-9. However, that "field" has now been merged into some other field and you can't remove it without losing all the data.

mirkules 15y ago

I always had my suspicions about using Chrome, but could never prove it. In Google's business model, the user is the product, so I always question their free software and how my data is being harvested. Do you happen to have any links about Chrome's unique ID? I would love to read more about it...

chimeracoder 15y ago

Chromium doesn't (necessarily) send data to Google. As far as safety, it should be comparably safe to Chrome, since beyond branding, the differences between the two browsers are slight.

magicalist 15y ago

> Why does Chrome have a unique ID? Last time this came up, I believe the Moz engineers said that it doesn't anymore, as long as you download it directly from google, but it does if you get chrome from downloading it with mcaffee or whatever (which makes it like three bad things at once).

justinschuh 15y ago

>Firefox remains the best choice. It doesn't send data to Google or someone else to monitor what sites you visit and other things which Chrome might be doing. Chrome does not do this. Here is a link to the Chrome privacy policy listing all communication with Google and settings to disable such communication: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/privacy.html >Firefox also allows you to use AdBlock Plus, NoScript, Ghostery and a few other addons to improve security, lower bandwidth usage and improve performance. I'm glad to hear that you're a happy Firefox user and agree that they support a very diverse extension ecosystem. >I really hate these studies paid by other companies. This is one of the perils with commissioning an objective third-party assessment. Simply put, the results might include things you really didn't want to hear. However, all the data, methodology, and tools are publicly available. If you think there's a legitimate issue with the study, then please investigate further. >Why does Chrome have a unique ID? Chrome does not. When a version of Chrome is pre-installed as part of a third-party campaign the updater has a unique ID as described http://blog.chromium.org/2010/06/in-open-for-rlz.html http://blog.chromium.org/2010/06/in-open-for-rlz.html