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Epic: A Privacy-Focused Web Browser
Rob @CmdrTaco Malda writes
"I've been advising Epic Browser, a startup building a privacy-focused, Chrome-based browser that starts where incognito mode ends. Epic employs a host of tactics designed to make what happens inside your browser stay there, to the tune of a thousand blocks in a typical hour of browsing. They also provide a built-in proxy service. If the corporations and governments are going to watch us, there's no reason to make it any easier for them. Epic has Mac and Windows builds for now. Their site goes into far greater detail about how they block tracking methods most browsers don't."
Google is very upfront about what is collected and what they do with it and who they do and do not share what data with. As someone who actually follows this stuff closely and READS agreements and doesn't just rely on Slashdot hype, I am 100% comfortable with everything Google does and what they do with the data, and also with how hard they fight back against governments who want that data. Google doesn't sell your data to ANY third parties, they use it INTERNALLY for their own stuff. As such it is actually VERY private. The data you share with Google is a lot more private than the data you share with your telco or cable company or bank in this respect.
Compare this to Facebook or LinkedIn or even Twitter, who are NOT upfront about what is collected and shared, and who not only share data with governments, but ALSO 3rd party companies at will as part of their business models. As well as your bank, your telco, etc again - all of whom routinely sell client lists including names, addresses, and phone numbers.
Who is the poster child again?