• earthworm@sh.itjust.works
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    • 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

      • jumponboard@lemmy.world
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        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