PSA: Chinese UC Browser on iOS harvests your data even in incognito mode

[CyberTech]

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https://9to5mac.com/2021/06/02/psa-chinese-uc-browser-on-ios-harvests-your-data-even-in-incognito-mode/

Okay, it’s a rather obvious PSA not to install a Chinese web browser on your iPhone, but Alibaba’s UC Browser is actually the fourth most popular browser in the world by user numbers, and the eighth most downloaded mobile app in the last decade …

A security researcher – whose work has been verified by two others – has found that UC Browsers is about as big a privacy nightmare as you can imagine. It not only logs every website you ever visit and sends it to an Alibaba-owned server, it does this even in incognito mode. Oh, and it captures your IP address, too.

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UC Browser on iOS harvests your data even in incognito mode - 9to5Mac

Okay, it's a rather obvious PSA not to install a Chinese web browser on your iPhone, but Alibaba's UC Browser is actually the 4th most ...

9to5mac.com

 

[The_King]

I wonder if they will also get sued like Google for tracking users in incognito mode. Probably not!

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it’s a rather obvious PSA not to install a Chinese web browser

Tell this to an Opera user and he/she will take out their false teeth and throw it at you.
j/k about the Opera comment.

 

[Kuttz]

I wonder if they will also get sued like Google for tracking users in incognito mode. Probably not!

Google to Face $5B Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in Incognito Mode

Google is ordered to face a $5 billion lawsuit alleging Chrome’s Incognito browsing mode collects users’ web history.

www.searchenginejournal.com

Tell this to an Opera user and he/she will take out their false teeth and throw it at you.
j/k about the Opera comment.

Its an open question whether you want to get tracked by Chinese military Vs Google for money. Between the two I would stay away from the Chinese at any cost because of the Government involvement in spying user data.

 

[Marko :)]

The rest and video

UC Browser on iOS harvests your data even in incognito mode - 9to5Mac

Okay, it's a rather obvious PSA not to install a Chinese web browser on your iPhone, but Alibaba's UC Browser is actually the 4th most ...

9to5mac.com

I wonder if they will also get sued like Google for tracking users in incognito mode. Probably not!

Google to Face $5B Lawsuit Over Tracking Users in Incognito Mode

Google is ordered to face a $5 billion lawsuit alleging Chrome’s Incognito browsing mode collects users’ web history.

www.searchenginejournal.com

Tell this to an Opera user and he/she will take out their false teeth and throw it at you.
j/k about the Opera comment.

The only difference is–Google isn't actually spying by collecting visited URLs (unless you opted for that). It's known fact that chinese software shouldn't be trusted and that it collects literally everything it can. Just remember Cheetah Mobile and their Android apps, and where are they now.