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<blockquote data-quote="Marko :)" data-source="post: 854388" data-attributes="member: 39702">I see some are saying that new Edge is better in terms of privacy than Chrome. Yes, Edge has few privacy options on by default, but you can achieve all that with Chrome too. All you need to do is install uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Extra (which you&#039;ll install in Edge anyway), turn off 3rd party cookies and disable Google&#039;s services.I find it interesting that everyone calls Edge a &quot;privacy-focused browser&quot; when SmartScreen (which it uses for protection) <a href="https://betanews.com/2019/07/23/edge-privacy-smartscreen/" target="_blank">sends full URLs of the sites you visit to Microsoft</a>. You can disable this, but then you don&#039;t have browser&#039;s malware and phishing protection.Chrome does this very different and, in fact, in a more private way. Chrome won&#039;t send full URLs to Google - that&#039;s truth. Instead, it will connect to Google&#039;s servers, download list containing malware and phishing sites and check if the site you&#039;ve visited is in that list. All of that is done locally, on your device and Google haven&#039;t got any information on what site you&#039;ve visited.If you visit known phishing site and Chrome finds it in the list, encrypted and only part of the URL is sent to Google.Everything is nicely explained in <a href="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/privacy/#safe-browsing-practices" target="_blank">Chrome&#039;s privacy policy</a>...And [USER=61892]@TairikuOkami[/USER] you can still search for filters on <a href="https://filterlists.com/" target="_blank">filterlists.com</a>. Click on the small magnifier between Name and Description column.[ATTACH=full]232472[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Marko :), post: 854388, member: 39702"] I see some are saying that new Edge is better in terms of privacy than Chrome. Yes, Edge has few privacy options on by default, but you can achieve all that with Chrome too. All you need to do is install uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Extra (which you'll install in Edge anyway), turn off 3rd party cookies and disable Google's services. I find it interesting that everyone calls Edge a [I]"privacy-focused browser"[/I] when SmartScreen (which it uses for protection) [URL='https://betanews.com/2019/07/23/edge-privacy-smartscreen/'][B]sends full URLs of the sites you visit to Microsoft[/B][/URL]. You can disable this, but then you don't have browser's malware and phishing protection. Chrome does this very different and, in fact, in a more private way. Chrome won't send full URLs to Google - that's truth. Instead, it will connect to Google's servers, download list containing malware and phishing sites and check if the site you've visited is in that list. All of that is done locally, on your device and Google haven't got any information on what site you've visited. If you visit known phishing site and Chrome finds it in the list, encrypted and only part of the URL is sent to Google. Everything is nicely explained in [URL='https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/privacy/#safe-browsing-practices']Chrome's privacy policy[/URL]... And [USER=61892]@TairikuOkami[/USER] you can still search for filters on [URL='https://filterlists.com/']filterlists.com[/URL]. Click on the small magnifier between [I]Name[/I] and [I]Description[/I] column. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot_1.png"]232472[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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