niks2456 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Is Chromium more private than Chrome ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 With regards to...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fobban Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 No not really. Chrome comes with a few extra additions such as built-in flash support and pdf viewer. (A more complete list here.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I know this is an old image, but I believe that without logging in with your account, the services you use from google are: - search bar autocompletion / search suggestions (can be turned off) - default search engine (can be changed) - URL checker for malware and the likes - URL errors (I think it performs a google search , offers you a cached version etc) That's it. Not sure if chromium uses any of these. Other things such as saving your history, your searches, etc... only happen if you're logged in with your google account (in chrome, I doubt chromium even has this). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niks2456 Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 With regards to...? Google has tracking in all its products . But Chromium is open source . So they couldn't have included tracking in it . So it is more private ? or not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Xinok Subscriber² Posted June 6, 2013 Subscriber² Share Posted June 6, 2013 According to Wikipedia, one of the items added to Chromium to make it Google Chrome is "An opt-in option for users to send Google their usage statistics and crash reports." So it could be argued that Chromium is more private. However, if privacy is important to you, you're better off using a third party mod like SRWare Iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted June 7, 2013 Member Share Posted June 7, 2013 However, if privacy is important to you, you're better off using a third party mod like SRWare Iron. Or Firefox. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raa Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Pfft. Just stick with Chrome or Chromium. (Of the two, I use the latter) But let's face it, the browser isn't what you should be worried about when it comes to privacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooky560 Veteran Posted June 9, 2013 Veteran Share Posted June 9, 2013 I use google chrome, I don't sign in, and I turned off all the google services in settings, it's now as private as any other browser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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