What is the Most Private Browser? - a podcast by Carey Parker

Security isn't a big differentiator today when choosing a web browser. First of all, 3 of the top 5 browsers all use the same engine - Chrome, Edge and Opera are all based on Chromium. Second, there's no real conflict of interest between browser makers and browser users when it comes to security - it's a win-win situation. Also, most browsers today are plenty fast enough and come with similar user features. So to me, the real differentiator when choosing a web browser is privacy. Today I'll give you my top choices for the most privacy-respecting web browser. (Spoiler alert: Chrome didn't make the list.)



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In other news: The US and 60 other countries have signed an aspiration Declaration for the Future of the Internet; in a twist of fate, Russia is now the target of global hacking; another nasty Java zero-day bug has been found; leaked Cellebrite documents detail which iPhones they can hack into; Amazon and third parties are mining your Alexa requests for personal data; Microsoft is going to add a free VPN to its Edge browser; Facebook is pulling detailed user data from the US college financial aid site FAFSA; and apparently Facebook has no clue how to tell the source of all the data it collects (making it impossible to comply with privacy regulations); Google is now giving you a way to remove some person info from its searches; and Brave and DuckDuckGo are both blocking Google"AMP"links which collect data about the sites you visit.



Article LinksEFF Statement on the Declaration for the Future of the Internet https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eff-statement-declaration-future-internet Declaration for the Future of the Internet: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Declaration-for-the-Future-for-the-Internet_Launch-Event-Signing-Version_FINAL.pdf Russia Is Being Hacked at an Unprecedented Scale https://www.wired.co.uk/article/russia-hacked-attacks Java Cryptography Implementation Mistake Allows Digital-Signature Forgeries https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/04/java-cryptography-implementation-mistake-allows-digital-signature-forgeries.html Cellebrite iPhone cracking: Here’s which models the kit can unlock and access, and how to protect your data https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/29/cellebrite-iphone-cracking/ Report: Amazon and third parties use Alexa voice data for ads while Siri respects privacy https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/29/amazon-alexa-voice-data-used-for-ads/ Microsoft Is Adding a Free VPN to the Edge Browser https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-is-adding-a-free-vpn-to-the-edge-browser Go read this exposé on how FAFSA got caught sending personal info to Facebook https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/29/23048305/fafsa-facebook-department-of-education-us-student-financial-aid-meta-tracking-pixel Applied for Student Aid Online? Facebook Saw You https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2022/04/28/applied-for-student-aid-online-facebook-saw-you Facebook doesn't know what most of its user data is used for https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/04/27/facebook-doesnt-know-what-most-of-its-user-data-is-used-for You can now ask Google to remove your phone number from search https://www.androidauthority.com/google-search-remove-phone-number-3158456/ Google request site: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/9673730 Brave, DuckDuckGo updates target Google AMP sites in privacy push https://www.macworld.com/article/633804/brave-duckduckgo-updates-target-google-amp-sites-in-privacy-push.html Which Is the Most Private Browser? https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/which-is-the-most-private-browser/ 



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