2/24/2023 0 Comments Brave browser review ars technica![]() ![]() “Mozilla only exists because Google pays them roughly half a billion dollars every year to be the default search engine in their browser” (from, linking to Aral Balkan, Jan 11, 2019).We also recommend against using Mozilla Firefox, which is largely funded by Google: Update March 18, 2021: Compare DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser with Chrome in this visual comparison of their surveillance practices, as documented by the Apple App Store, shared by DuckDuckGo on Twitter. See also No to Chrome, by James Mullarkey. And the Washington Post said Chrome “looks a lot like surveillance software” (source: Geoffrey Fowler, June 21, 2019). Wired wrote It’s time to ditch Chrome (June 6, 2021): “As well as collecting your data, Chrome also gives Google a huge amount of control over how the web works.” Forbes wrote “hasn’t even attempted to protect its users’ privacy” (source: Zak Doffman, March 21, 2021). Whatever you do, don’t use Google Chrome. Android app: DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser for Android devices (though we suggest avoiding Android if possible)ĭisclosure: Mark Hurst (creator of Good Reports) has consulted to DuckDuckGo in the past.iOS app: DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser for iPhone/iPad.As one user says, “the issue trust.” Weinberg responded with this comment on Reddit. Update May 27, 2022: The DuckDuckGo mobile browser shares users’ information with Microsoft-owned sites, such as LinkedIn and Bing, due to “contractual restrictions with Microsoft” – says DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg, quoted in articles on TechCrunch, TechRadar, Bleeping Computer, and TheNextWeb. Why: This browser is made by DuckDuckGo, the team behind the search engine that doesn’t track you, so it has the same commitment to user privacy ( except for sites owned by DuckDuckGo partner Microsoft, as explained below). ![]() (This browser works on mobile devices only, not laptops or desktops.) Here’s our favorite browser: the DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser, available for iPhones and iPads. ![]()
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