Google Chrome

PRO's Intergrated with all Google things Bookmark Syncing between devices Extensions sync between all desktop computers Huge extention and theme selection CON's Resource hungry The UI is a little outdated (Chrome is going to release a new UI It can be activated right now!) No built-in VPN or Adblocker (Adblocker is included but only blocks spam ads) Tracks its users

Bottom line: If your computer is powerful it should run Chrome pretty well and that huge selection of extensions is great! But the tracking is terrible. If you want to know how to enable the new UI here are the steps: Visit: chrome://flags/#top-chrome-md Then in “UI Layout for the browser’s top chrome” change the option from default to refresh (With touch screens Change Default to Touch Refresh) Press the restart button and enjoy the new Chrome! I do not use Chrome as my daily browser I use Mozilla Firefox , Opera Is another really great browser.

Strength: • Widely use

Challenge: • Google Chrome spies on you. By default Google Chrome tracks your activity on the internet. Via sync, cookies, and various methods. After Google collected your information, they sell it in covert ways to total strangers. This is part of Google business model. This is your reminder that Google is a for profit corporation. By collecting your data and linking it to you, Google put you at risk for data breaches. Source 1: ______• https://usamash.org/science/google-chrome-tracking-browser-logging-people-26666466 ______• Archived at https://archive.fo/HlNtn

Source 2: ______• https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-google-to-track-you-less-get-an-iphone-ditch-the-android/ ______• Archived at https://archive.fo/jSJWQ

Source 3: ______• https://medium.com/digitalprivacywise/why-you-should-stop-using-google-chrome-6c934c9a827c ______• Archived at https://archive.fo/obRNf

• Google Chrome is own by a for-profit corporation. It is not owned by a not-for-profit community. Usually a corporation first priority is to hoard money. Not serve you and protect your privacy.

Suggestion: • Use Mozilla Firefox instead of Chrome. Because Firefox does NOT spy on you. With Firefox those spy features are still available, but they are all deactivated by default. Try Firefox at https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/

• Firefox version 60+ (Quantum) is presently FASTER than Chrome and use less memory than Chrome. Compare to previous versions of Firefox, the Quantum version is twice as fast, promote parallelism, and has more intuitive user interface. ______• Video at https://youtu.be/n6wiRyKkmKc ______• Read more and see performance test results at https://blog.mozilla.org/firefox/quantum-performance-test/ ______• Article at https://lifehacker.com/why-you-should-switch-from-google-chrome-to-firefox-1821879163 ______• Archived article at https://archive.fo/XJEz7

• Firefox code is owned by a NOT-for-profit community. The Mozilla Foundation. Usually a real not-for-profit organization first priority is to serve you and protect your privacy. Not spy on you, not hoard money.

• If you need even stronger privacy than Firefox, you might be interested in Tor Browser at https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en Which is powered by Firefox.

Using: • Chrome 70 at 64-bit • Firefox 63 at 64-bit • Debian 9 Stretch at 64-bit • GNOME 3.22