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Is Your Secure Browser Spying on You? (Which Online Security Tool and Secure Browser are Spying on You?)

As people start thinking more about online security, they realize that Google Chrome is not the only browser in town. Chrome is still (and will likely be for a very long time) the dominant web browser, with 81% of Internet users using it as of December 2021, according to W3Schools. However, in recent years, secure browsers are getting more noticed as users are less keen on the company collecting their browsing data and seeing their entire web browsing history. And while their numbers are nowhere near what Google Chrome has, Brave browser, for example, announced recently that they passed 50 million active users and 15.5 million active daily users. But here’s the question: are private browsers really as private and secure as they claim to be or are they in fact spying on you? Unfortunately, nothing in the world is perfect and the truth about secure browsers might not be to your liking. (Also, read here why private browsing mode is not really private and what “inco...