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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 57 points 11 hours 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 38 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Weird omission of Firefox.

[–] jumponboard@lemmy.world 19 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 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

[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 38 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Never ever trust anything from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, X, TikTok for anything. Just don't use their software.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed.

Sent from my pixel phone. 💀

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS 😎

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world -4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How to buy from Google and still think you're an anarchist😎

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 6 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Got it second hand mate, google earned nothing from me.

EDIT: I am aware of the cognitive dissonance needed to be an anarchist under capitalism. The hypocrisy is everywhere. Children died for the minerals needed in the devices we're typing these comments on.

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

On iOS Edge, and all other apps, have a precise location setting alongside the location settings, so is this only talking about Android?

You can choose to use approximate or precise location right in the settings:

If you have never selected it doesn’t even get your approximate location.

[–] OriginalUsername7@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

The article talks about safari as well, so this doesn’t seem to be solely an android problem.

From memory, Android has a similar location precision setting, but I switched to iOS 2 years ago so I’m a bit hazy on that.

Reading the article, it sounds like the issue is more about how your data is used if you give your browser access to your precise location. Even if that access is allowed, not all browsers are sharing it. Edge and Aloha seem to be the only two which say they share your precise location.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

This is a marketing post.

[–] DarkerRadical@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

It's so lucky Surfshark have the answers!

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Right? Their “study” seems to have been reading the Google App Store and disclosures 😂

[–] GoatSynagogue@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

It’s also completely wrong about the apps on iOS which have system level controls for approx and precise location.

[–] sompreno@lemmy.zip 13 points 12 hours ago

What really?