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Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by Youden »

eitland wrote: post #40
acollins1331 wrote: post #22

Edge is the number one browser in the world for installing chrome.

Doesn't Chrome send your entire browsing history to Google as well? Edit: I thought this was a well know fact and if it isn't I might have been to harsh about Google and Chrome. Edit 2: Thinking about it and searching a bit I conclude that IIRC Google at least used to have access to your browsing history as part of syncing it unencrypted.

Only through sync, which you can encrypt with a separate password to your Google account.

My sync is encrypted so I can't test this for you but I believe if it's not, you can check (and clear) your history here: https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity

Google's privacy policy seems to make it clear that this happens unless encryption is turned on: https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/index.html#signed-in

Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by liability »

Karunamon wrote: post #58
kps wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, there are some options under chrome://privacy/settings that suggest they send full or partial URLs: - Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors - Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar and then there's - Use a web service to help resolve spelling errors whose description suggests it sends more than URLs.

And, if I recall right, you're asked if you want search suggestions in the omnibar the first time you use it for that purpose.

Does that prompt effectively explain its impact to nontechnical users?

Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by maximente »

marsrover wrote: post #59
noobermin wrote: post #31

Can this be changed to the normal twitter URL, not the mobile version?

When I removed the "mobile" it looks exactly the same. I guess there is no non-mobile version of Twitter anymore.

no, it's likely you're either on a mobile device or your cookies are set so that it's redirecting you to it. the non-mobile version works fine and is clearly different.

Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by alexgrist »

maximente wrote: post #64
marsrover wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I removed the "mobile" it looks exactly the same. I guess there is no non-mobile version of Twitter anymore.

no, it's likely you're either on a mobile device or your cookies are set so that it's redirecting you to it. the non-mobile version works fine and is clearly different.

Not anymore, that’s the new layout.

Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by derimagia »

ebg13 wrote: post #12
ToFab123 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, but nothing beats MS Edge if you have a touch screen and that it a good enough reason for me to stay with Edge.

Can you save text files that you're looking at in Edge yet? Like if you navigate to a URL that goes https://foo.com/blah.txt can you hit Ctrl+S or right-click on the text page and save the document? The last time I looked at Edge the answer was no.

Fired up Edge Insider (The Chromium version). Works fine.

Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by occamrazor »

auslander wrote: post #50
t34543 wrote: post #42

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I would love to see a source for this.

It is not so easy to do this MITM trick with Chrome, it has Google certs pinned down. "For the transparent proxy to work, it needs .google.com to be added to the URL whitelist to allow all traffic to .google.com. This configuration is not supported because of Chrome security features that are in place, and we recommend that you avoid the use of transparent proxies." https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/3504942?…

This link refers to Chrome devises, like Chromebooks, not to the Chrome browser.

Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by Panino »

eitland wrote: post #40
acollins1331 wrote: post #22

Edge is the number one browser in the world for installing chrome.

Doesn't Chrome send your entire browsing history to Google as well? Edit: I thought this was a well know fact and if it isn't I might have been to harsh about Google and Chrome. Edit 2: Thinking about it and searching a bit I conclude that IIRC Google at least used to have access to your browsing history as part of syncing it unencrypted.

> Doesn't Chrome send your entire browsing history to Google as well?

Most browsers/users do, essentially. When a person searches Google for example, results are links to Google that redirect to the target sites. Try it, mouse over a result, and look at the URL. Then a user clicks on one and finds a page that likely has doubleclick.net/adsense/analytics/fonts, which all feed back to Google. Or buttons/pixels/whatever for Facebook. Or both. Or both and 10 more organizations. Then since all mainstream browsers by default send referrer info, and since tracker code is so pervasive, and since browsers are easily fingerprintable, trackers follow you along as you click links going from page to page. Trackers are getting redundant high quality data. They're right there with you as you browse; they see what you see. Although some browsers are easier to configure for privacy, IMO the browser you use is less important than how you use it.

Multiple organizations have the potential to possess a near-complete view of your browsing history.

Re: Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft

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Post by Yoric »

hiciu wrote: post #39
kabes wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because google is any better? And engine-wise they're the same these days.

because the rumor has it that "Edge sends full URLs of pages visited to Microsoft" and we haven't yet caught google in such embarrassing situation

Well, by default, Chrome sends whatever you're typing in the URL bar to Google for auto-completion. No need to catch Google in such situation, it's a feature of Chrome.
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