Which browsers collect the most data from you

Doug Leitch, IT Specialist from Trinity College Dublin, published the results of a study in which he compared how much user data different browsers collect. He studied 6 popular programs, including Yandex. Browser ”, and divided them into three categories.

• The expert called the safest Brave. Even with basic security settings, it provides the user with maximum protection. It does not collect identifiers that track the IP address, and does not send data about the pages viewed to the developer's server.
• Chrome, Firefox and Safari proved to be average. The autocomplete feature, which is turned on by default in each of them, transmits data about sites as you enter the URL in the address bar. But in the settings there is an option to disable autocomplete. Each of the browsers has more problems - for example, Chrome sends a persistent identifier along with the site's URL, and the Safari start page can pass browser cache identifiers to "third persons ".
• They showed themselves worst of all Microsoft Edge
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  and Russian Yandex. Browser". Edge sends a unique, unique identifier for the device to the Microsoft server (self.events.data.microsoft.com) - and this identifier is extremely difficult to change or remove from the server. The autocomplete function, which sends data about the entered addresses to a third-party server, is not easy to disable in the browser. Yandex. Browser ", in addition to the visited pages, also remembers the MAC address of the device - but it is easier to disable autocomplete here.

Note that some developers have already commented on this report. Arsechnica edition leads Apple comment: Safari notes that Safari blocks third-party cookies by default and uses Intelligent Tracking Prevention. Both of these measures protect user data.

Arsechnica also cites a Mozilla comment. The company clarifies that browsing history is sent to the server only if the user has enabled data sync. This function is necessary for simultaneous work with one account from several devices, and all data is transmitted in encrypted form, keys are stored only locally.