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Ab	4th February 2020 23:07

Microsoft Edge, now with extra Chromium

This browser seems... really good? Like... Chrome without the feeling that Google is raping you for data. The privacy policy seems pretty tight.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge

Savage

8th February 2020 22:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab (Post 2009683)

This browser seems... really good? Like... Chrome without the feeling that Google is raping you for data. The privacy policy seems pretty tight.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge

I've been pleasantly surprised by it. I alternate between this and FF for pretty much everything now.

MadMax

8th February 2020 23:21

Truth.

StN	12th February 2020 10:51

Testify. Default recommendation for users now. Except for dumb systems that demand Chrome in the code.

mr selfdestruct

15th February 2020 01:33

Not sure if serious , Ab the microsoft hater, are you sure you're not confused? Windows is dead remember?

Ab	15th February 2020 01:54

Credit where it's due, Edgium is a good browser :) well... I trust it more than Chrome, anyway.

I use a Surface Pro at work, that's enough to keep me hating Microsoft for some time.

mr selfdestruct

16th February 2020 23:16

Yeah those things are awful. I have a Surface Book, it works great. Never liked the Pros.....

Ab	9th March 2020 15:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ab (Post 2009830)

Credit where it's due, Edgium is a good browser :) well... I trust it more than Chrome, anyway.

Hmm, might have to reconsider that. Since I've had Edgium on my home network my Pi-hole is reporting that blocked "phone home" traffic has gone through the roof. Edgium is trying to contact Microsoft almost constantly.

DrTiTus

9th March 2020 18:29

Brave browser most private

Quote:

Tracking users by hardware allows Microsoft and Yandex to follow users across installations and potentially link browser installs with other apps and online identities.

The professor said that Edge collected the hardware UUID of the user's computer, an identifier that cannot be easily changed or deleted without altering a computer's hardware.

Similarly, Prof. Leith also found that Yandex transmitted a hash of the hardware serial number and MAC address to its backend servers.

"As far as we can tell this behaviour [in Edge and Yandex] cannot be disabled by users," the professor said.

It would appear there's money in data collection... who knew?

[fe]	7th December 2021 13:16

I was using this browser for a chrome specific browser feature but they microsofted it onto my shit list. Do not want your synching, news feed, suggestions and other crap.

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