Once again, Apple sends a warning to its users not to use Google Chrome or any Google Applications. This happened because of the rise in digital fingerprint tracking issues that occurred this year through these applications.
This news is important because the company’s warning highlights potential privacy risks that could affect millions of users who rely on Google apps every day. Understanding these concerns helps people make informed decisions about their data security and choose safer alternatives if necessary.
This article will cover the digital fingerprinting issues comeback as well as the company’s warnings and suggestions to use their built-in searching App. Here are the details:
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Digital Fingerprinting Alarming Comeback
There is an alarming resurgence of digital fingerprinting this year, as Google has lifted its restriction on this undetectable, obfuscated technology. Given tracking cookies offer opt-outs, it’s bad news for users that fingerprinting does not.
Fingerprinting creates a trackable identity by combining a variety of irrelevant information from your phone. To fight this issue, several Tech companies, including Apple and Mozilla, with its Firefox, have developed new technology to prevent the issue by manipulating those signals.
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Apple Suggests Using Safari: Offers AI-based Tracking Prevention
In its statement yesterday, the Big Tech company warned its users, especially iPhone users, to stop using Google Chrome or any other app from the same company. This warning is the umpteenth warning against efforts to combat privacy issues. This time, they highlight the secretive fingerprinting.
The company also offers AI-based tracking prevention, genuinely private browsing, and defenses against location harvesting on its Safari. It claims that Chrome does not adequately safeguard users on all those fronts.
In a statement the Big Tech says, “Unlike Chrome, Safari truly helps protect your privacy. Safari works to prevent advertisers and websites from using the unique combination of characteristics of your device to create a ‘fingerprint’ to track you. To combat fingerprinting, Safari presents a simplified version of the system configuration so more devices look identical to trackers, making it harder to single yours out.”
They also add, “Safari works seamlessly with Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides.”
These warnings get positive reactions from their users. One comment on Reddit says, “Fair enough. It is the main difference between Safari and Chrome. Safari is designed around keeping your data safe. Chrome is designed around selling your data to the highest bidder. It’s an obvious thing for Apple to highlight in their adverts. Presumably they are only advertising now as Chrome is taking off on iOS.”
That’s all the news regarding Apple’s warnings to its users not to use any Google Apps, including Google Chrome.
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So, what do you think? would you still use Chrome after this, or prefer to move to Safari instead?
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