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Microsoft Edge and Aloha caught sharing precise user location data with third parties (www.techradar.com)
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[–] SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 80 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  • A new Surfshark study found that over 50% of the top 15 mobile browsers collect user location data.
  • Microsoft Edge, Aloha, Yandex, and Phoenix collect precise location data, with Edge and Aloha openly sharing it with third parties.
  • Privacy-focused browsers like Tor, Brave, and DuckDuckGo do not collect app-level location data, proving that continuous tracking isn't technically necessary.

proving that continuous tracking isn't technically necessary

[–] grue@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Weird omission of Firefox.

[–] jumponboard@lemmy.world 31 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

That was OP, not the original post by rene

Four popular mobile browsers collect only your approximate location: Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox.

privacy-branded browsers like DuckDuckGo, Brave, Tor, and Ecosia, alongside Samsung Internet, UC Browser, and Mi Browser