Google has been accused by its competitor in the browser space, Brave, of secretly funneling the personal data of its users to advertisers, according to a report in the Financial Times.
Google announced on Thursday that it will create a “privacy sandbox” for Chrome, in an attempt to give users more control over the web browser. Advertisers, however, will still be able to track consumers, as an engineer at the tech giant says that “large scale blocking of cookies” actually undermines privacy.
A new report states that Google plans to close a privacy loophole in its Chrome web browser that allowed publishers to detect if users were in incognito mode and serve them different content.
A new browser extension from Google company Jigsaw, formerly known as Google Ideas, allows users to hide “toxic” comments online.
Google users are concerned about their browsing privacy after a recent update at Google secretly logs Chrome browser users into their online Google accounts, syncing data without asking, a move one expert says has “enormous implications for user privacy and trust.”
New reports out last week claim that the Google Chrome web browser collects data on users even when they are in the private “incognito mode.”
According to the Independent, “Google could have a complete list of almost everything you’ve ever looked at.” Here’s how to delete it.
A Google Chrome browser extension titled “Drop United” allows users to easily filter out United Airlines flights while browsing online.
A new Chrome browser extension titled “Racism Simulator” shows just how racist the left-wing media really is by changing negative references of white people to black.
Google has removed an app that allowed users to surreptitiously identify Jews online after a tech website brought the tool to widespread media attention and spurred a backlash.
For almost 9 million users of Chrome, AVG’s “Web TuneUp” extension has become a major security concern.
