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<h1>BadWolf</h1> <h1>BadWolf</h1>
<p>Badwolf is a minimalist and privacy-oriented web browser based on WebKitGTK.</p> <p>Badwolf is a minimalist and privacy-oriented web browser based on WebKitGTK.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="green">Not Spyware</span></h2> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="green">Not Spyware</span></h2>
<p>BadWolf <span class="green">makes no unsolicited requests at all.</span></p> <p>BadWolf <span class="green">makes no unsolicited requests at all.</span></p>
<p>BadWolf is a pretty decent browser worth looking into. A couple of neat features worth noting is that BadWolf has a JavaScript switch and an image viewer switch, which is useful for daily tasks.</p> <p>BadWolf is a pretty decent browser worth looking into. A couple of neat features worth noting is that BadWolf has a JavaScript switch and an image viewer switch, which is useful for daily tasks.</p>
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<h4>Further Reading:</h4>
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<li><a href="https://hacktivis.me/projects/badwolf">BadWolf Homepage</a></li>
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<h4>Further Reading</h4> <b>This article was created on 6/19/2021</b>
<p><a href="https://hacktivis.me/projects/badwolf">BadWolf Homepage</a></p> <br/>
<hr/> <b>This article was lasted edited on 6/19/2021</b>
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<h1>BadWolf</h1> <h1>BadWolf</h1>
<p>Badwolf ist ein minimalistischer und auf Privatsphäre ausgelegter Webbrowser, basierend auf WebKitGTK.</p> <p>Badwolf ist ein minimalistischer und auf Privatsphäre ausgelegter Webbrowser, basierend auf WebKitGTK.</p>
<h2>Spyware-Level: <span class="green">Keine Spyware</span></h2> <h2>Spyware-Level: <span class="green">Keine Spyware</span></h2>
<p>BadWolf <span class="green">stellt nicht ungefragt Verbindungen her.</span></p> <p>BadWolf <span class="green">stellt nicht ungefragt Verbindungen her.</span></p>
<p>BadWolf ist ein guter Browser und definitiv einen Blick wert. Die nützlichsten Funktionen sind der integrierte JavaScript-Schalter und die Option, Bilder standardmässig nicht anzuzeigen.</p> <p>BadWolf ist ein guter Browser und definitiv einen Blick wert. Die nützlichsten Funktionen sind der integrierte JavaScript-Schalter und die Option, Bilder standardmässig nicht anzuzeigen.</p>
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<h4>Weitere Informationen:</h4>
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<li><a href="https://hacktivis.me/projects/badwolf">BadWolf Homepage</a></li>
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<h4>Weitere Informationen</h4> <b>Dieser Artikel wurde am 19.6.2022 erstellt</b>
<p><a href="https://hacktivis.me/projects/badwolf">BadWolf Homepage</a></p> <br/>
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<img src="../images/bing_logo.png" alt="Bing Logo"/> <img src="../images/bing_logo.png" alt="Bing Logo"/>
<h1>Bing</h1> <h1>Bing</h1>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2>
<p> <p>Bing is yet another spyware search engine that collects your information and sells it to advertisers. It's strongly recommended that you do not use Bing.</p>
Bing is yet another spyware search engine that collects your <p> At some point Bing had a privacy policy, but Microsoft doesn't seem to be hosting it anymore. So, this article will look at the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> to help us understand what information Bing collects. Similarly to the privacy policies of Google and Apple, the Microsoft privacy statement eclipses the entire spyware platform and does not help you understand in great detail what kind of information one single program could be collecting. (although this policy is more specific)</p>
information and sells it to advertisers. It's strongly recommended
that you do not use Bing.
</p>
<p>
At some point Bing had a privacy policy, but Microsoft doesn't seem to
be hosting it anymore. So, this article will look at the Microsoft
Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> to help us
understand what information Bing collects. Similarly to the privacy
policies of Google and Apple, the Microsoft privacy statement eclipses
the entire spyware platform and does not help you understand in great
detail what kind of information one single program could be
collecting. (although this policy is more specific)
</p>
<h3>Bing collects your search history</h3> <h3>Bing collects your search history</h3>
<p>From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>:</p>
<p> <p><i>"Microsoft collects data from you, through our interactions with you and through our products for a variety of purposes described below. [...] You provide some of this data directly, such as when you [...] submit a search query to Bing"</i></p>
From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup <p>Later in the Interactions -> Device and usage data section of this statement, it is clarified again that Microsoft collects your: <i>"Browse History. Data about the web pages you visit."</i>, as well as your: <i>"Images. Images and related information, such as picture metadata. For example, we collect the image you provide when you use a Bing image-enabled service."</i></p>
>: <p>Microsoft claims to store this information for an unlimited amount of time, but it claims that it will eventually anonymize this information in a process that takes 18 months to complete.</p>
</p> <p><i>"Has Microsoft adopted and announced a specific retention period for a certain data type? For example, for Bing search queries, we de-identify stored queries by removing the entirety of the IP address after 6 months, and cookie IDs and other cross-session identifiers after 18 months."</i></p>
<p>
<i>
"Microsoft collects data from you, through our interactions with you
and through our products for a variety of purposes described
below. [...] You provide some of this data directly, such as when
you [...] submit a search query to Bing"
</i>
</p>
<p>
Later in the Interactions -> Device and usage data section of this
statement, it is clarified again that Microsoft collects your:
<i>"Browse History. Data about the web pages you visit."</i>, as well
as your:
<i
>"Images. Images and related information, such as picture metadata.
For example, we collect the image you provide when you use a Bing
image-enabled service."</i
>
</p>
<p>
Microsoft claims to store this information for an unlimited amount of
time, but it claims that it will eventually anonymize this information
in a process that takes 18 months to complete.
</p>
<p></p>
<p>
<i>
"Has Microsoft adopted and announced a specific retention period for
a certain data type? For example, for Bing search queries, we
de-identify stored queries by removing the entirety of the IP
address after 6 months, and cookie IDs and other cross-session
identifiers after 18 months. "
</i>
</p>
<h3>Bing uses your search history to profile you for advertising</h3> <h3>Bing uses your search history to profile you for advertising</h3>
<p>From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>:</p>
<p> <p><i>"Microsoft may use data we collect to select and deliver some of the ads you see on Microsoft web properties, such as Microsoft.com, MSN and Bing."</i></p>
From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup <p>So since your search history is part of the "data we collect", the natural conclusion is that, your search queries are being used to profile you for advertising. And of course, this is confirmed in this section:</p>
>: <p><i>"The ads that you see may be selected based on data we process about you, such as your interests and favorites, your location, your transactions, how you use our products, <b><span class="red"> your search queries</span></b>, or the content you view. For example, if you view content on MSN about automobiles, we may show advertisements about cars; if you search “pizza places in Seattle” on Bing, you may see advertisements in your search results for restaurants in Seattle."</i></p>
</p>
<p>
<i>
"Microsoft may use data we collect to select and deliver some of the
ads you see on Microsoft web properties, such as Microsoft.com, MSN
and Bing."
</i>
</p>
<p>
So since your search history is part of the "data we collect", the
natural conclusion is that, your search queries are being used to
profile you for advertising. And of course, this is confirmed in this
section:
</p>
<p>
<i>
"The ads that you see may be selected based on data we process about
you, such as your interests and favorites, your location, your
transactions, how you use our products,
<b>
<font color="red"> your search queries </font>
</b>
, or the content you view. For example, if you view content on MSN
about automobiles, we may show advertisements about cars; if you
search “pizza places in Seattle” on Bing, you may see advertisements
in your search results for restaurants in Seattle."
</i>
</p>
<h3>Bing sells your search history to other spyware platforms</h3> <h3>Bing sells your search history to other spyware platforms</h3>
<p>From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>:</p>
<p> <p><i>"We may share data we collect with third parties, such as Oath, AppNexus, or Facebook (see below), so that the ads you see in our products, their products, or other sites and apps serviced by these partners are more relevant and valuable to you."</i></p>
From the Microsoft Privacy Statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup
>:
</p>
<p>
<i>
"We may share data we collect with third parties, such as Oath,
AppNexus, or Facebook (see below), so that the ads you see in our
products, their products, or other sites and apps serviced by these
partners are more relevant and valuable to you. "
</i>
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<h4>Sources:</h4> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<ol> <ol>
<li id="s1"> <li id="s1"><a href="https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement">Microsoft Privacy Statement</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180528165116/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/u7eZJ">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://etched.page/b6c0a12757e73a68f1ad76e084aeb32d0123bc4b7aa223623af5440b97ae27c7/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement">[etched.page]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/WxFhT?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement"
>Microsoft Privacy Statement</a
>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180528165116/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a href="https://archive.li/u7eZJ">[archive.li]</a><br/>
<a href="https://etched.page/b6c0a12757e73a68f1ad76e084aeb32d0123bc4b7aa223623af5440b97ae27c7/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement">[etched.page]</a><br/>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/WxFhT?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a><br/>
</li>
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<b>This article was last edited on 08/17/2021</b> <b>This article was last edited on 08/17/2021</b>
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<h1>BleachBit</h1> <h1>BleachBit</h1>
<p>Bleachbit is Tool to Clean Your System and Free Disk Space. Also, BleachBit can Shred Files.</p> <p>Bleachbit is Tool to Clean Your System and Free Disk Space. Also, BleachBit can Shred Files.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="green">Not Spyware</span></h2> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="green">Not Spyware</span></h2>
<p>BleachBit <span class="green">makes no unsolicited requests at all.</span></p> <p>BleachBit <span class="green">makes no unsolicited requests at all.</span></p>
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<h4>Further Reading:</h4>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.bleachbit.org/">BleachBit Home Page</a></li>
</ol>
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<hr/> <hr/>
<h4>Further Reading</h4> <b>This article was created on 5/1/2022</b>
<p><a href="https://www.bleachbit.org/">BleachBit Home Page</a></p> <br/>
<hr/> <b>This article was last edited on 5/1/2022</b>
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<h1>Brave</h1>
<p>Brave Browser is a Chromium fork with many interesting features not found elsewhere, such as built-in Adblock and other extensions, fingerprinting protection, a cleaner Preferences menu compared to other Chrome forks, and the (opt-in) ability to automatically support (pay) the websites you visit. The developers describe it as <i>"A browser with your interests at heart."</i><sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> with the built-in privacy protections.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="orange">High</span></h2>
<p>Brave is self updating software, uses <a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> as the default search engine, has built-in telemetry, and even has an opt-out rss-like news feed similar to Firefox Pocket. These shouldn't be the things that come to mind if someone were to imagine a privacy oriented browser.</p>
<h3>Auto-updates</h3>
<p>Brave will check for updates every time you run it, and you can't turn it off from the browser. Athough, it's on Brave's low priority list to add an option to do so.<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> The reason why it's low priority would be because it's been over a year and there hasn't been an implementation of it yet.</p>
<h3>Brave has built-in telemetry</h3>
<p>While running, Brave will make lots of requests to the domain <code>p3a.brave.com</code> as telemetry. They claim they store the collected data for several days.<sup><a href="#s8">[8]</a></sup> This feature is an opt-out that can be disabled. This opt-out can be disabled <a href="brave://settings/privacy">here</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Today</h3>
<p>Brave now has new feature similar to Firefox Pocket called Brave Today. If you don't know what Firefox Pocket is, it's basically an rss-like news feed that's shown in every blank tab. This feature Brave has is sadly an opt-out rather than an opt-in and sends lots of requests to Brave's servers. It can't seem to be disabled it in and of itself, but <a href="brave://settings/newTab">setting the tabs to blank</a> seems to stop the requests.</p>
<h3>SafeBrowsing</h3>
<p>Brave uses SafeBrowsing. It's a feature that tries to "protect" the user from potentially unsafe websites and extensions. However, it sends requests to fetch the information required. Brave's SafeBrowsing is powered by google.<sup><a href="#s10">[10]</a></sup> This opt-out can be disabled <a href="brave://settings/security">here</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Rewards</h3>
<p>Brave has a rewards program. You can find more information about it here.<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup> At first glance it looks like the rewards program is an opt-in, but the browser makes requests to these domains regardless if you sign up or not:</p>
<div class="center">
<p><code>rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>api.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>grant.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
</div>
<p>A quick update: These requests have been reported as a bug and for the most part have been fixed (with a couple exceptions). I'll remove this section once the bug has been completely fixed.<sup><a href="#s12">[12]</a></sup></p>
<h3>Miscellaneous requests worth noting</h3>
<p>Brave on first run sends a request to fetch the library used for checking spelling errors:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-dict.png" alt="brave spelling library"/>
<p>Brave on startup sends a request to <code>variations.brave.com</code>. Brave uses this to turn on and off features. There isn't a way to disable this as of yet.<sup><a href="#s11">[11]</a></sup></p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-cert.png" alt="brave verification tool"/>
<p>Brave fetches the list of affiliates through <code>laptop-updates.brave.com</code>:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/custom-headers.png" alt="custom headers"/>
<p>Brave makes a request to <code>static1.brave.com</code> every once and a while, which looks like it's used to fetch plugin information?<sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup> When the url was placed into the browser, it was directed to Google's error 404 page.<sup><a href="#s9">[9]</a></sup></p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-static.png" alt="static brave"/>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/google-brave.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>A quick <code>curl --head static1.brave.com</code> shows that Brave uses Google's gstatic, which uses Cloudflare as well:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-gstatic.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>On the first run, Brave fetches five extensions from <code>brave-core-ext.s3.brave.com</code> and tries to install them:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-extensions.png" alt="brave extensions"/>
<h3>Not spyware related, but worth noting</h3>
<h3>Anti-privacy search engine by default</h3>
<p><a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> is the default search engine of Brave. For a browser that claims to be privacy oriented, this is a red flag. They at least make it easy for you to change the default search engine on the first run.</p>
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<img width="130" height="145" src="../images/brave/brave_logo.png" alt="Web Browser Logo"/>
<h1>Brave</h1>
<p>Brave Browser is a Chromium fork with many interesting features not found elsewhere, such as built-in Adblock and other extensions, fingerprinting protection, a cleaner Preferences menu compared to other Chrome forks, and the (opt-in) ability to automatically support (pay) the websites you visit. The developers describe it as <i>"A browser with your interests at heart."</i><sup><a href="#one">[1]</a></sup> with the built-in privacy protections.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="orange">High</span></h2>
<p>Brave is self updating software, uses <a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> as the default search engine, has built-in telemetry, and even has an opt-out rss-like news feed similar to Firefox Pocket. These shouldn't be the things that come to mind if someone were to imagine a privacy oriented browser.</p>
<h3>Auto-updates</h3>
<p>Brave will check for updates every time you run it, and you can't turn it off from the browser. Athough, it's on Brave's low priority list to add an option to do so.<sup><a href="#two">[2]</a></sup> The reason why it's low priority would be because it's been over a year and there hasn't been an implementation of it yet.</p>
<h3>Brave has built-in telemetry</h3>
<p>While running, Brave will make lots of requests to the domain <code>p3a.brave.com</code> as telemetry. They claim they store the collected data for several days.<sup><a href="#eight">[8]</a></sup> This feature is an opt-out that can be disabled. This opt-out can be disabled <a href="brave://settings/privacy">here</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Today</h3>
<p>Brave now has new feature similar to Firefox Pocket called Brave Today. If you don't know what Firefox Pocket is, it's basically an rss-like news feed that's shown in every blank tab. This feature Brave has is sadly an opt-out rather than an opt-in and sends lots of requests to Brave's servers. It can't seem to be disabled it in and of itself, but <a href="brave://settings/newTab">setting the tabs to blank</a> seems to stop the requests.</p>
<h3>SafeBrowsing</h3>
<p>Brave uses SafeBrowsing. It's a feature that tries to "protect" the user from potentially unsafe websites and extensions. However, it sends requests to fetch the information required. Brave's SafeBrowsing is powered by google.<sup><a href="#ten">[10]</a></sup> This opt-out can be disabled <a href="brave://settings/security">here</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Rewards</h3>
<p>Brave has a rewards program. You can find more information about it here.<sup><a href="#three">[3]</a></sup> At first glance it looks like the rewards program is an opt-in, but the browser makes requests to these domains regardless if you sign up or not:</p>
<div class="center">
<p><code>rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>api.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>grant.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
</div>
<p>A quick update: These requests have been reported as a bug and for the most part have been fixed (with a couple exceptions). I'll remove this section once the bug has been completely fixed.<sup><a href="#twelve">[12]</a></sup></p>
<h3>Miscellaneous requests worth noting</h3>
<p>Brave on first run sends a request to fetch the library used for checking spelling errors:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-dict.png" alt="brave spelling library"/>
<p>Brave on startup sends a request to <code>variations.brave.com</code>. Brave uses this to turn on and off features. There isn't a way to disable this as of yet.<sup><a href="#eleven">[11]</a></sup></p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-cert.png" alt="brave verification tool"/>
<p>Brave fetches the list of affiliates through <code>laptop-updates.brave.com</code>:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/custom-headers.png" alt="custom headers"/>
<p>Brave makes a request to <code>static1.brave.com</code> every once and a while, which looks like it's used to fetch plugin information?<sup><a href="#four">[4]</a></sup> When the url was placed into the browser, it was directed to Google's error 404 page.<sup><a href="#nine">[9]</a></sup></p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-static.png" alt="static brave"/>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/google-brave.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>A quick <code>curl --head static1.brave.com</code> shows that Brave uses Google's gstatic, which uses Cloudflare as well:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-gstatic.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>On the first run, Brave fetches five extensions from <code>brave-core-ext.s3.brave.com</code> and tries to install them:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-extensions.png" alt="brave extensions"/>
<h3>Not spyware related, but worth noting</h3>
<h3>Anti-privacy search engine by default</h3>
<p><a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> is the default search engine of Brave. For a browser that claims to be privacy oriented, this is a red flag. They at least make it easy for you to change the default search engine on the first run.</p>
<hr/> <hr/>
<div class="center"> <div class="footer">
<h4>Sources</h4> <div class="sources">
<h4>Sources:</h4>
<p> <ol>
<a id="one">1.</a> <li id="s1"><a href="https://brave.com">Brave's website</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180609070708/https://brave.com">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/AjZnv">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JNS4O">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://brave.com">Brave's website</a> <li id="s2"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">Add a disable autoupdate feature</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190530053311/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/NzRxTgm">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6KRXL?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180609070708/https://brave.com">[web.archive.org]</a> <li id="s3"><a href="https://brave.com/brave-rewards">Brave Rewards Program</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201227180815/https://brave.com/brave-rewards">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/0mLht">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/F5lWl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://archive.is/AjZnv">[archive.is]</a> <li id="s4"><a href="https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">Plugin Information?</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229155943/https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/owALS?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JNS4O">[ghostarchive.org]</a> <li id="s5"><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">Facebook, Twitter Trackers Whitelisted by Brave Browser</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190213055618/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
</p> <li id="s6"><a href="https://brave.com/features/">Brave Browser Features</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190124134301/https://brave.com/features">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/UxdJf">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vYNnv?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<li id="s7"><a href="https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">Script Blocking Exceptions Update</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190214034944/https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<p> <li id="s8"><a href="https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">Brave's Analytics</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229081726/https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ZoBSr?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a id="two">2.</a> <li id="s9"><a href="https://static1.brave.com">Brave's static site</a> <a href="https://archive.is/wWgtG">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428070726/https://static1.brave.com/">[archive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">Add a disable autoupdate feature</a> <li id="s10"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">Brave's Deviations from Chromium</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210611085211/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RswOH?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190530053311/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">[web.archive.org]</a> <li id="s11"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">Allow to opt-out of Griffin variations</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210612013031/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/oWzlF?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://archive.is/NzRxTgm">[archive.is]</a> <li id="s12"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">Only make requests to *.rewards.brave.com...</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210621011812/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cuTZl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6KRXL?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a> </ol>
</p> </div>
<p>
<a id="three">3.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/brave-rewards">Brave Rewards Program</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201227180815/https://brave.com/brave-rewards">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/0mLht">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/F5lWl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="four">4.</a>
<a href="https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">Plugin Information?</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229155943/https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/owALS?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="five">5.</a>
<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">Facebook, Twitter Trackers Whitelisted by Brave Browser</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190213055618/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="six">6.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/features/">Brave Browser Features</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190124134301/https://brave.com/features">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/UxdJf">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vYNnv?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="seven">7.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">Script Blocking Exceptions Update</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190214034944/https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="eight">8.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">Brave's Analytics</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229081726/https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ZoBSr?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="nine">9.</a>
<!-- nothing there ? -->
<a href="https://static1.brave.com">Brave's static site</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/wWgtG">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428070726/https://static1.brave.com/">[archive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="ten">10.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">Brave's Deviations from Chromium</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210611085211/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RswOH?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="eleven">11.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">Allow to opt-out of Griffin variations</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210612013031/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/oWzlF?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="twelve">12.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">Only make requests to *.rewards.brave.com...</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210621011812/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cuTZl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
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<h1>Brave</h1>
<p>Brave Browser - форк Chromium'а со множеством интересных возможностей, которых нет где-либо еще, такие как встроенный блокировщик рекламы и другие расширения, защита от отпечатков браузера, менее загруженное меню по сравнению с другими форками Chrome и встроенная возможность для автоматического пожертвования сайтам, которые вы посещаете. Разработчики описывают его как <i>"Браузер, защищающий ваши интересы"</i><sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> со встроенной защитой конфиденциальности пользователя.</p>
<h2>Уровень слежки: <span class="orange">Высокий</span></h2>
<p>Brave обновляется автоматически, использует <a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> в качестве поисковика по умолчанию, имеет встроенную телеметрию и даже имеет ленту новостей, похожую на Firefox Pocket. Этого не должно быть в браузере, который ориентирован на конфиденциальность пользователя.</p>
<h3>Автоматические обновления</h3>
<p>Brave будет проверять обновления каждый раз, когда вы его запускаете, и вы не можете это отключить. Добавление данной опции обладает низким приоритетом в разработке Brave<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup>, так как прошло уже больше года и её всё еще нет.</p>
<h3>Brave has built-in telemetry</h3>
<p>Во время работы Brave будет делать много запросов к домену <code>p3a.brave.com</code> в качестве телеметрии. Они утверждают, что хранят данные только несколько дней<sup><a href="#s8">[8]</a></sup>. Эта опция может быть отключена <a href="brave://settings/privacy">здесь</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Today</h3>
<p>Brave содержит сервис похожий на Firefox Pocket - Brave Today. Это новостная лента, которая показывается на каждой пустой новой вкладке. Эта возможность к сожалению включена по умолчанию и посылает множество запросов к серверам Brave. Кажется, что нельзя отключить эту опцию, но если <a href="brave://settings/newTab">установить новые вкладки как пустые</a>, то похоже, что это останавливает запросы.</p>
<h3>SafeBrowsing</h3>
<p>Brave использует SafeBrowsing. Это функция, которая пытается "защитить" пользователя от возможных небезопасных веб-сайтов и расширений. Однако, она посылает запросы, чтобы получить требуемую информацию. Brave SafeBrowsing поддерживается Google<sup><a href="#s10">[10]</a></sup>. Данная функция может быть отключена <a href="brave://settings/security">здесь</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Rewards</h3>
<p>У Brave есть программа вознаграждений<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup>. На первый взгляд кажется, что она необязательна, но браузер делает запросы к доменам ниже независимо от регистрации в программе:</p>
<div class="center">
<p><code>rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>api.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>grant.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
</div>
<p>Небольшое дополнение: об этих запросах сообщалось как об ошибках, и по большей части они исправлены (за несколькими исключениями). Этот раздел будет удалён, как только ошибки будут полностью исправлены<sup><a href="#s12">[12]</a></sup>.</p>
<h3>Другие запросы которые стоит отметить</h3>
<p>При первом запуске Brave отправляет запрос, чтобы получить библиотеку для проверки орфографии.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-dict.png" alt="brave spelling library"/>
<p>При старте Brave посылает запросы к <code>variations.brave.com</code>. Brave использует это для включения и выключения функций. Пока нет никакого способа отключить это<sup><a href="#s11">[11]</a></sup>.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-cert.png" alt="brave verification tool"/>
<p>Brave получает список партнёров через запросы к <code>laptop-updates.brave.com</code>:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/custom-headers.png" alt="custom headers"/>
<p>Время от времени Brave делает запрос к <code>static1.brave.com</code>, что выглядит как будто он пытается получить информацию о плагинах<sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup>. В браузере эта ссылка ведёт на страницу Google с ошибкой 404<sup><a href="#s9">[9]</a></sup>.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-static.png" alt="static brave"/>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/google-brave.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>Команда <code>curl --head static1.brave.com</code> показывает, что Brave использует Google gstatic, который также использует Cloudflare:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-gstatic.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>При первом запуске Brave скачивает пять расширений из <code>brave-core-ext.s3.brave.com</code> и пытается установить их:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-extensions.png" alt="brave extensions"/>
<h3>Не связано со слежением, но стоит отметить</h3>
<h3>Неконфиденциальный поисковик по умолчанию</h3>
<p><a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> - стандартная поисковая система в Brave. Это очень странно для браузера, позиционирующего себя приватным. По крайней мере, при первом запуске Brave даёт выбор поисковой системы по умолчанию.</p>
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<img width="130" height="145" src="../images/brave/brave_logo.png" alt="Web Browser Logo"/>
<h1>Brave</h1>
<p>Brave Browser - форк Chromium'а со множеством интересных возможностей, которых нет где-либо еще, такие как встроенный блокировщик рекламы и другие расширения, защита от отпечатков браузера, менее загруженное меню по сравнению с другими форками Chrome и встроенная возможность для автоматического пожертвования сайтам, которые вы посещаете. Разработчики описывают его как <i>"Браузер, защищающий ваши интересы"</i><sup><a href="#one">[1]</a></sup> со встроенной защитой конфиденциальности пользователя.</p>
<h2>Уровень слежки: <span class="orange">Высокий</span></h2>
<p>Brave обновляется автоматически, использует <a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> в качестве поисковика по умолчанию, имеет встроенную телеметрию и даже имеет ленту новостей, похожую на Firefox Pocket. Этого не должно быть в браузере, который ориентирован на конфиденциальность пользователя.</p>
<h3>Автоматические обновления</h3>
<p>Brave будет проверять обновления каждый раз, когда вы его запускаете, и вы не можете это отключить. Добавление данной опции обладает низким приоритетом в разработке Brave<sup><a href="#two">[2]</a></sup>, так как прошло уже больше года и её всё еще нет.</p>
<h3>Brave has built-in telemetry</h3>
<p>Во время работы Brave будет делать много запросов к домену <code>p3a.brave.com</code> в качестве телеметрии. Они утверждают, что хранят данные только несколько дней<sup><a href="#eight">[8]</a></sup>. Эта опция может быть отключена <a href="brave://settings/privacy">здесь</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Today</h3>
<p>Brave содержит сервис похожий на Firefox Pocket - Brave Today. Это новостная лента, которая показывается на каждой пустой новой вкладке. Эта возможность к сожалению включена по умолчанию и посылает множество запросов к серверам Brave. Кажется, что нельзя отключить эту опцию, но если <a href="brave://settings/newTab">установить новые вкладки как пустые</a>, то похоже, что это останавливает запросы.</p>
<h3>SafeBrowsing</h3>
<p>Brave использует SafeBrowsing. Это функция, которая пытается "защитить" пользователя от возможных небезопасных веб-сайтов и расширений. Однако, она посылает запросы, чтобы получить требуемую информацию. Brave SafeBrowsing поддерживается Google<sup><a href="#ten">[10]</a></sup>. Данная функция может быть отключена <a href="brave://settings/security">здесь</a>.</p>
<h3>Brave Rewards</h3>
<p>У Brave есть программа вознаграждений<sup><a href="#three">[3]</a></sup>. На первый взгляд кажется, что она необязательна, но браузер делает запросы к доменам ниже независимо от регистрации в программе:</p>
<div class="center">
<p><code>rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>api.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
<p><code>grant.rewards.brave.com</code></p>
</div>
<p>Небольшое дополнение: об этих запросах сообщалось как об ошибках, и по большей части они исправлены (за несколькими исключениями). Этот раздел будет удалён, как только ошибки будут полностью исправлены<sup><a href="#twelve">[12]</a></sup>.</p>
<h3>Другие запросы которые стоит отметить</h3>
<p>При первом запуске Brave отправляет запрос, чтобы получить библиотеку для проверки орфографии.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-dict.png" alt="brave spelling library"/>
<p>При старте Brave посылает запросы к <code>variations.brave.com</code>. Brave использует это для включения и выключения функций. Пока нет никакого способа отключить это<sup><a href="#eleven">[11]</a></sup>.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-cert.png" alt="brave verification tool"/>
<p>Brave получает список партнёров через запросы к <code>laptop-updates.brave.com</code>:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/custom-headers.png" alt="custom headers"/>
<p>Время от времени Brave делает запрос к <code>static1.brave.com</code>, что выглядит как будто он пытается получить информацию о плагинах<sup><a href="#four">[4]</a></sup>. В браузере эта ссылка ведёт на страницу Google с ошибкой 404<sup><a href="#nine">[9]</a></sup>.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-static.png" alt="static brave"/>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/google-brave.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>Команда <code>curl --head static1.brave.com</code> показывает, что Brave использует Google gstatic, который также использует Cloudflare:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-gstatic.png" alt="google error 404"/>
<p>При первом запуске Brave скачивает пять расширений из <code>brave-core-ext.s3.brave.com</code> и пытается установить их:</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/brave/brave-extensions.png" alt="brave extensions"/>
<h3>Не связано со слежением, но стоит отметить</h3>
<h3>Неконфиденциальный поисковик по умолчанию</h3>
<p><a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a> - стандартная поисковая система в Brave. Это очень странно для браузера, позиционирующего себя приватным. По крайней мере, при первом запуске Brave даёт выбор поисковой системы по умолчанию.</p>
<hr/> <hr/>
<div class="center"> <div class="footer">
<h4>Источники</h4> <div class="sources">
<p> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<a id="one">1.</a> <ol>
<a href="https://brave.com">Brave's website</a> <li id="s1"><a href="https://brave.com">Brave's website</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180609070708/https://brave.com">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/AjZnv">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JNS4O">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180609070708/https://brave.com">[web.archive.org]</a> <li id="s2"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">Add a disable autoupdate feature</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190530053311/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/NzRxTgm">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6KRXL?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://archive.is/AjZnv">[archive.is]</a> <li id="s3"><a href="https://brave.com/brave-rewards">Brave Rewards Program</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201227180815/https://brave.com/brave-rewards">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/0mLht">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/F5lWl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/JNS4O">[ghostarchive.org]</a> <li id="s4"><a href="https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">Plugin Information?</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229155943/https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/owALS?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
</p> <li id="s5"><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">Facebook, Twitter Trackers Whitelisted by Brave Browser</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190213055618/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<li id="s6"><a href="https://brave.com/features/">Brave Browser Features</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190124134301/https://brave.com/features">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/UxdJf">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vYNnv?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<p> <li id="s7"><a href="https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">Script Blocking Exceptions Update</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190214034944/https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a id="two">2.</a> <li id="s8"><a href="https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">Brave's Analytics</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229081726/https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ZoBSr?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">Add a disable autoupdate feature</a> <li id="s9"><a href="https://static1.brave.com">Brave's static site</a> <a href="https://archive.is/wWgtG">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428070726/https://static1.brave.com/">[archive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190530053311/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/5576">[web.archive.org]</a> <li id="s10"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">Brave's Deviations from Chromium</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210611085211/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RswOH?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://archive.is/NzRxTgm">[archive.is]</a> <li id="s11"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">Allow to opt-out of Griffin variations</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210612013031/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/oWzlF?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/6KRXL?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a> <li id="s12"><a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">Only make requests to *.rewards.brave.com...</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210621011812/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cuTZl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
</p> </ol>
</div>
<p>
<a id="three">3.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/brave-rewards">Brave Rewards Program</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201227180815/https://brave.com/brave-rewards">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/0mLht">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/F5lWl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="four">4.</a>
<a href="https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">Plugin Information?</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229155943/https://static1.brave.com/chrome/config/plugins_3/plugins_linux.json">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/owALS?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="five">5.</a>
<a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">Facebook, Twitter Trackers Whitelisted by Brave Browser</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190213055618/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-twitter-trackers-whitelisted-by-brave-browser">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="six">6.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/features/">Brave Browser Features</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190124134301/https://brave.com/features">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/UxdJf">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vYNnv?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="seven">7.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">Script Blocking Exceptions Update</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20190214034944/https://brave.com/script-blocking-exceptions-update">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/i1mvb?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="eight">8.</a>
<a href="https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">Brave's Analytics</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201229081726/https://brave.com/privacy-preserving-product-analytics-p3a">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ZoBSr?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="nine">9.</a>
<!-- nothing there ? -->
<a href="https://static1.brave.com">Brave's static site</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/wWgtG">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190428070726/https://static1.brave.com/">[archive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="ten">10.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">Brave's Deviations from Chromium</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210611085211/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/wiki/Deviations-from-Chromium-(features-we-disable-or-remove)">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RswOH?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="eleven">11.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">Allow to opt-out of Griffin variations</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210612013031/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/15711">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/oWzlF?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<p>
<a id="twelve">12.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">Only make requests to *.rewards.brave.com...</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210621011812/https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/14277">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cuTZl?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
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<b>Этот перевод был создан 13/07/2021</b><br/> <b>Этот перевод был создан 13/07/2021</b>
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<h1>CCleaner</h1> <h1>CCleaner</h1>
<p> <p>CCleaner, developed by Piriform, is a utility program used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer.</p>
CCleaner, developed by Piriform, is a utility program used to clean
potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a
computer.
</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2>
<p> <p> CCleaner is spyware that collects your personal information to advertise to you. It also sells your information to third parties so that they can advertise to you. It collects a huge amount of very personal information, like your <b><span class="red">physical location</span></b>. CCleaner uses the technique of privacy policy obfuscation where it provides one privacy policy for every single product its company offers, making it more difficult to know what parts of the privacy policy apply to which program.</p>
CCleaner is spyware that collects your personal information to
advertise to you. It also sells your information to third parties so
that they can advertise to you. It collects a huge amount of very
personal information, like your
<b><font color="red">physical location.</font></b> CCleaner uses the
technique of privacy policy obfuscation where it provides one privacy
policy for every single product its company offers, making it more
difficult to know what parts of the privacy policy apply to which
program.
</p>
<h3>CCleaner collects and sells user information to advertisers</h3> <h3>CCleaner collects and sells user information to advertisers</h3>
<p> <p> CCleaner clearly shows in its privacy settings that it is collecting information about your computer and selling that information to advertisers. Below is a screenshot on how to mitigate some of it.</p>
CCleaner clearly shows in its privacy settings that it is collecting <img class="screenshot" src="../images/ccleaner_privacy.png" alt="CCleaner privacy settings"/>
information about your computer and selling that information to <p>Image Source: <sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup></p>
advertisers. Below is a screenshot on how to mitigate some of it.
</p>
<img
class="screenshot"
src="../images/ccleaner_privacy.png"
alt="CCleaner privacy settings"
/>
<p>
Image Source: <sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup>
</p>
<h3>CCleaner tracks a huge amount of personal information</h3> <h3>CCleaner tracks a huge amount of personal information</h3>
<p> <p> If we look at the privacy policy, we can see that CCleaner reports the following<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup>:</p>
If we look at the privacy policy, we can see that CCleaner reports the
following<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup
>:
</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li>IP Address</li> <li>IP Address</li>
<li>Unique User ID</li> <li>Unique User ID</li>
<li>Operating System</li> <li>Operating System</li>
<li>Other Avast Products installed</li> <li>Other Avast Products installed</li>
<li> <li><b><span class="red">physical location</span></b></li>
<b><font color="red">physical location</font></b>
</li>
</ul> </ul>
<p>Beyond this, CCleaner is integrated with the following spyware platforms, which all collect their own sets of information:</p>
<p>
Beyond this, CCleaner is integrated with the following spyware
platforms, which all collect their own sets of information:
</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li>Google Analytics</li> <li>Google Analytics</li>
<li>Logentries</li> <li>Logentries</li>
</ul> </ul>
<p>It would be very time-consuming to go through all of those privacy policies (especially because many of these are obfuscated), but it should be enough to understand that CCleaner is full of third party spyware, as well as first party spyware.</p>
<p>
It would be very time-consuming to go through all of those privacy
policies (especially because many of these are obfuscated), but it
should be enough to understand that CCleaner is full of third party
spyware, as well as first party spyware.
</p>
<h3>CCleaner sends you spam email</h3> <h3>CCleaner sends you spam email</h3>
<p> <p>From the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup>:</p>
From the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup <p><i>"When we collect your email address, we may market our other products and services to you. You may choose to unsubscribe from future email marketing by following the instructions in the email."</i></p>
>:
</p>
<p>
<i>
"When we collect your email address, we may market our other
products and services to you. You may choose to unsubscribe from
future email marketing by following the instructions in the email."
</i>
</p>
<h3>CCleaner tracks your physical location</h3> <h3>CCleaner tracks your physical location</h3>
<p> <p>According to the privacy policy, the CCleaner website tries to track your physical location.<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup></p>
According to the privacy policy, the CCleaner website tries to track <p><i>"Our websites use cookies to acquire data that may be used to determine your physical location via your Internet Protocol address (“IP Address”) and automated geolocation techniques, or to acquire basic information about the computer, tablet, or mobile phone that you use to visit us."</i></p>
your physical location.<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup> <p><i>"location data"</i> is also mentioned when talking about the information that CCleaner itself collects about its users.</p>
</p>
<p>
<i>
"Our websites use cookies to acquire data that may be used to
determine your physical location via your Internet Protocol address
(“IP Address”) and automated geolocation techniques, or to acquire
basic information about the computer, tablet, or mobile phone that
you use to visit us."
</i>
</p>
<p>
<i>"location data"</i> is also mentioned when talking about the
information that CCleaner itself collects about its users.
</p>
<h3>Past Security Flaws</h3> <h3>Past Security Flaws</h3>
<p> <p>In the past, CCleaner has been compromised and backdoors have been added to it.<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup></p>
In the past, CCleaner has been compromised and backdoors have been
added to it.<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>
</p>
</div> </div>
<hr/> <hr/>
<div class="footer"> <div class="footer">
<div class="sources"> <div class="sources">
<h4>Sources:</h4> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<ol> <ol>
<li id="s1"> <li id="s1"><a href="https://www.ccleaner.com/news/blog/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users">Security Notification for CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud v1.07.3191 for 32-bit Windows users</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180816103218/https://www.ccleaner.com/news/blog/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/UqWcU">[archive.is]</a></li>
<a <li id="s2"><a href="https://misdirectedrequest.wordpress.com/2018/06/04/ccleaner-privacy-issue/">CCleaner Privacy Issue</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180821215956/https://misdirectedrequest.wordpress.com/2018/06/04/ccleaner-privacy-issue/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/HJFBP">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/30k0A">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
href="https://www.ccleaner.com/news/blog/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users" <li id="s3"><a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/about/privacy-policy">What Happens to Your Data</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180816025428/https://www.ccleaner.com/about/privacy-policy">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/DFJTA">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/nYo9M?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
>
Security Notification for CCleaner v5.33.6162 and CCleaner Cloud
v1.07.3191 for 32-bit Windows users
</a>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180816103218/https://www.ccleaner.com/news/blog/2017/9/18/security-notification-for-ccleaner-v5336162-and-ccleaner-cloud-v1073191-for-32-bit-windows-users"
>[web.archive.org]</a>
<a
href="https://archive.is/UqWcU"
>[archive.is]</a>
</li>
<li id="s2">
<a
href="https://misdirectedrequest.wordpress.com/2018/06/04/ccleaner-privacy-issue/"
>CCleaner Privacy Issue
</a>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180821215956/https://misdirectedrequest.wordpress.com/2018/06/04/ccleaner-privacy-issue/"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a href="https://archive.is/HJFBP">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/30k0A">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</li>
<li id="s3">
<a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/about/privacy-policy"
>What Happens to Your Data</a
>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180816025428/https://www.ccleaner.com/about/privacy-policy"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a href="http://archive.is/DFJTA">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/nYo9M?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</li>
</ol> </ol>
</div> </div>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head> <head>
<meta <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=utf-8"/>
http-equiv="Content-type" <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=utf-8"
/>
<title>CDex — Spyware Watchdog</title> <title>CDex — Spyware Watchdog</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css"/>
</head> </head>
<body> <body>
<div class="case"> <div class="case">
<div class="nav"><a href="index.html">&larr; Catalog</a></div> <div class="nav"><a href="index.html">&larr; Catalog</a></div>
<div class="main"> <div class="main">
<img src="../images/cdex_logo.png" alt="CDex Logo"/> <img src="../images/cdex_logo.png" alt="CDex Logo"/>
<h1>CDex</h1> <h1>CDex</h1>
<p> <p>CDex is an Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor.</p>
CDex is an Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor.
</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellowgreen">Low</span></h2> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellowgreen">Low</span></h2>
<p> <p>CDex's installer bundles it with spyware, and it will randomly suggest a spyware program to the user, with a chance to opt-out. Usually it attempts to bundle itself with the WebDiscover browser and one time I got it to try and offer me an antivirus program, but I wasn't able to reproduce this. The program was tested on Windows 7 32-bit with Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 and Wireshark 2.6.2. The version of the program tested was 2.06. <b><span class="lime">It did not make any connections to the internet</span></b> that my tests were able to find. To test the program I ripped the audio files out of a CD with both network monitoring programs open.</p>
CDex's installer bundles it with spyware, and it will randomly suggest
a spyware program to the user, with a chance to opt-out. Usually it
attempts to bundle itself with the WebDiscover browser and one time I
got it to try and offer me an antivirus program, but I wasn't able to
reproduce this. The program was tested on Windows 7 32-bit with
Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 and Wireshark 2.6.2. The version of the
program tested was 2.06.
<b
><font color="lime"
>It did not make any connections to the internet</font
></b
>
that my tests were able to find. To test the program I ripped the
audio files out of a CD with both network monitoring programs open.
</p>
<h3>Bundling with spyware</h3> <h3>Bundling with spyware</h3>
<p> <p>CDex attempts to bundle itself with the <a href="../articles/webdiscover.html">WebDiscover</a> web browser. This is an Opt-out and not an Opt-in like it should be. This program is spyware, because according to its privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, it collects information about its users.</p>
CDex attempts to bundle itself with the <img class="screenshot" src="../images/cdex_bundling.png" alt="CDex installer spyware opt-out screen"/>
<a href="../articles/webdiscover.html">WebDiscover</a> web browser.
This is an Opt-out and not an Opt-in like it should be. This program
is spyware, because according to its privacy policy<sup
><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup
>, it collects information about its users.
</p>
<img
class="screenshot"
src="../images/cdex_bundling.png"
alt="CDex installer spyware opt-out screen"
/>
</div> </div>
<hr/> <hr/>
<div class="footer"> <div class="footer">
<div class="sources"> <div class="sources">
<h4>Sources:</h4> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<ol> <ol>
<li id="s1"> <li id="s1"><a href="https://getwebdiscover.com/privacy/">WebDiscover Privacy Policy</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20171224213336/https://getwebdiscover.com/privacy/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Jyrbg?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://getwebdiscover.com/privacy/">WebDiscover Privacy Policy</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20171224213336/https://getwebdiscover.com/privacy/">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/Jyrbg?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</li>
</ol> </ol>
</div> </div>
<hr/> <hr/>
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<head> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=utf-8"/>
<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=utf-8"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
<title>Google Chrome — Spyware Watchdog</title> <title>Google Chrome — Spyware Watchdog</title>
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<body>
<body> <div class="case">
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<div class="nav"><a href="index.html">&larr; Catalog</a></div> <div class="main">
<div class="main"> <img src="../images/chrome_logo.png" alt="Chrome logo"/>
<img src="../images/chrome_logo.png" alt="Chrome logo"/> <h1>Google Chrome</h1>
<h1>Google Chrome</h1> <p>Google Chrome is a web browser developed and distributed by <a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a>.</p>
<p> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2>
Google Chrome is a web browser developed and distributed by <a href="../articles/google.html">Google</a>. <h3>Google Chrome is not fully open source</h3>
</p> <p>Large parts of Google Chrome are open source, however not all of them are, and this prevents people from checking the entire software for potential spyware features that are not disclosed.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2> <h3>Google Chrome tracks the user's search history</h3>
<h3>Google Chrome is not fully open source</h3> <p>Google Chrome contains several spyware features that reply on the user's search history being uploaded to Google servers. This is confirmed by the language in the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, clarifying the spyware features that rely on this.
<p> </p>
Large parts of Google Chrome are open source, however not all of them are, and this prevents people from <p>The first spyware feature is Google Chrome's integration with the "Google Account" spyware platform. <i>"If you are signed in to a Google site or signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account."</i></p>
checking the entire software for potential spyware features that are not disclosed. <p>Google Chrome also contains a spyware feature called "Search prediction service". It is explained that: <i>"When you search using the address bar in Chrome, the characters you type (even if you haven’t hit "enter" yet) are sent to your default search engine. If Google is your default search engine, predictions are based on your own search history, topics related to what you’re typing and what other people are searching for."</i></p>
</p> <p>There is also the spyware feature "Navigation Assistance" which states that: <i>"When you can’t connect to a web page, you can get suggestions for alternative pages similar to the one you're trying to reach. In order to offer you suggestions, Chrome sends Google the URL of the page you're trying to reach."</i></p>
<h3>Google Chrome tracks the user's search history</h3> <h3>Google Chrome profiles your computer usage</h3>
<p> <p>In the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, Google details the extreme spyware feature it labels "Usage Statistics and Crash Reports". What it does, is it sends very detailed information about your hardware and computer usage, which confirms that it definitely contains the following spyware features:</p>
Google Chrome contains several spyware features that reply on the user's search history being uploaded to Google <ul>
servers. This is confirmed by the language in the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, clarifying the <li>A tracker that records mouse input over time</li>
spyware features that rely on this. <li>A tracker that profiles memory usage</li>
</p> </ul>
<p> <p>But, it can also be extrapolated from the vague language that Chrome could and probably does monitor what other programs you have open. Either way, it is an extreme amount of information being collected, since it can be used to recreate what the user is doing on their desktop at all times. Chrome clarifies that this information is being sent whenever a website is being "slow" or whenever Google Chrome crashes.</p>
The first spyware feature is Google Chrome's integration with the "Google Account" spyware platform. <i>" If you <h3>Google Chrome is integrated with Google Payments</h3>
are signed in to a Google site or signed in to Chrome and Google is your default search engine, searches you <p>Google Payments is a spyware service that records your banking information and sends it to Google.<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> This service is integrated into the Google Chrome browser, which makes it another opt-in spyware feature in the software.</p>
perform using the address bar in Chrome are stored in your Google account. "</i> <h3>Google Chrome contains a keylogger</h3>
</p> <p>This was confirmed in multiple places<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup><sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup>. Basically, whenever you type into the search bar, that information is sent to Google. You can apparently turn it off by opting out of the "suggestion service".</p>
<p> <h3>Google Chrome records your voice</h3>
Google Chrome also contains a spyware feature called "Search prediction service". It is explained that: <i>"When <p>Google Chrome is confirmed to be constantly listening to any open microphones on your computer. This can be found in this statement<sup><a href="#s5">[5]</a></sup> in a privacy publication. <i>"Voice &amp; audio information may be collected. For example, if your child uses audio activation commands (e.g., "OK, Google" or touching the microphone icon), a recording of the following speech/audio, <b>plus a few seconds before</b>, will be stored to their account…"</i> This feature is opt-in if you are using the "Google Accounts" spyware platform and specifically tell Google to build a profile of your child. It's unverified whether or not Google uploads information it listens too to its servers outside of this feature.</p>
you search using the address bar in Chrome, the characters you type (even if you haven’t hit "enter" yet) are <h3>Google Chrome saves user passwords on Google Servers</h3>
sent to your default search engine. If Google is your default search engine, predictions are based on your own <p>Any password stored in Google Chrome's "password management" feature is uploaded to Google if you sign into the "Google Accounts" spyware platform.</p>
search history, topics related to what you’re typing and what other people are searching for."</i> <h3>Google Chrome profiles users in other various ways</h3>
</p> <p>According to the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, Google Chrome profiles what kinds of web forms you fill out, as well as what kind of language the content you consume is primarily in. Google Chrome also creates a unique identifier for each install you do. This unique identifier is sent to Google whenever you start the browser, so that Google can create a consistent user identity for you, undermining anonymity. Google also stores all of your settings on it's official servers when using the "Google Accounts" feature.</p>
<p> <h3>Google Chrome is self-updating software</h3>
There is also the spyware feature "Navigation Assistance" which states that: <i>"When you can’t connect to a web <p>Google Chrome has an updater which is constantly running in the background and syncing with Google servers to check for updates. The updater will download and run unverified binaries from Google when it updates Google Chrome. It is impossible for an automatic updater service such as this to verify that the updates are not spyware and/or do not contain additional spyware features.</p>
page, you can get suggestions for alternative pages similar to the one you're trying to reach. In order to
offer you suggestions, Chrome sends Google the URL of the page you're trying to reach. "</i>
</p>
<h3>Google Chrome profiles your computer usage</h3>
<p>
In the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, Google details the extreme spyware feature it labels
"Usage Statistics and Crash Reports". What it does, is it sends very detailed information about your hardware
and computer usage, which confirms that it definitely contains the following spyware features: </p>
<ul>
<li>A tracker that records mouse input over time</li>
<li>A tracker that profiles memory usage</li>
</ul>
<p>
But, it can also be extrapolated from the vague language that Chrome could and probably does monitor what other
programs you have open. Either way, it is an extreme amount of information being collected, since it can be used
to recreate what the user is doing on their desktop at all times. Chrome clarifies that this information is
being sent whenever a website is being "slow" or whenever Google Chrome crashes.
</p>
<h3>Google Chrome is integrated with Google Payments</h3>
<p>
Google Payments is a spyware service that records your banking information and sends it to Google.<sup><a
href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> This service is integrated into the Google Chrome browser, which makes it another
opt-in spyware feature in the software.
</p>
<h3>Google Chrome contains a keylogger</h3>
<p>
This was confirmed in multiple places<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup><sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup>. Basically,
whenever you type into the search bar, that information is sent to Google. You can apparently turn it off by
opting out of the "suggestion service".
</p>
<h3>Google Chrome records your voice</h3>
<p>
Google Chrome is confirmed to be constantly listening to any open microphones on your computer. This can be
found in this statement<sup><a href="#s5">[5]</a></sup> in a privacy publication. <i>"Voice &amp; audio
information may be collected. For example, if your child uses audio activation commands (e.g., "OK, Google" or
touching the microphone icon), a recording of the following speech/audio, <b> plus a few seconds before, </b>
will be stored to their account…"</i> This feature is opt-in if you are using the "Google Accounts" spyware
platform and specifically tell Google to build a profile of your child. It's unverified whether or not Google
uploads information it listens too to its servers outside of this feature.
</p>
<h3>Google Chrome saves user passwords on Google Servers</h3>
<p>
Any password stored in Google Chrome's "password management" feature is uploaded to Google if you sign into the
"Google Accounts" spyware platform.
</p>
<h3>Google Chrome profiles users in other various ways</h3>
<p>
According to the privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, Google Chrome profiles what kinds of web forms
you fill out, as well as what kind of language the content you consume is primarily in. Google Chrome also
creates a unique identifier for each install you do. This unique identifier is sent to Google whenever you start
the browser, so that Google can create a consistent user identity for you, undermining anonymity. Google also
stores all of your settings on it's official servers when using the "Google Accounts" feature.
</p>
<h3>Google Chrome is self-updating software</h3>
<p>
Google Chrome has an updater which is constantly running in the background and syncing with Google servers to
check for updates. The updater will download and run unverified binaries from Google when it updates Google
Chrome. It is impossible for an automatic updater service such as this to verify that the updates are not
spyware and/or do not contain additional spyware features.
</p>
</div>
<hr>
<div class="footer">
<div class="futher">
<h4>Further Reading:</h4>
<ol>
<a href="https://stallman.org/google.html">Reasons not to use Google</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180512214729/http://stallman.org/google.html">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="http://archive.is/20170929072403/https://stallman.org/google.html">[archive.is]</a>
<br/>
<br/>
<a href="https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">Welcome to the Botnet. Or, The Case Against Google Chrome</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150501010435/https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/OR4dz">[archive.is]</a>
</ol>
</div> </div>
<hr> <hr/>
<div class="sources"> <div class="footer">
<h4>Sources:</h4> <div class="futher">
<ol> <h4>Further Reading:</h4>
<li id="s1"> <ol>
<a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">Google Chrome Privacy Notice</a> <li><a href="https://stallman.org/google.html">Reasons not to use Google</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180512214729/http://stallman.org/google.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170929072403/https://stallman.org/google.html">[archive.is]</a></li>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180427041202/https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <li><a href="https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">Welcome to the Botnet. Or, The Case Against Google Chrome</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150501010435/https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/OR4dz">[archive.is]</a></li>
<a href="https://archive.is/GJIKw">[archive.is]</a> </ol>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/yCsDg?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a> </div>
</li> <hr/>
<li id="s2"> <div class="sources">
<a href="https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice">Google Payments Privacy Notice</a> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180514095832/https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice">[web.archive.org]</a> <ol>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/npMRW?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a> <li id="s1"><a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">Google Chrome Privacy Notice</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180427041202/https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/GJIKw">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/yCsDg?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<li id="s3"> <li id="s2"><a href="https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldt=privacynotice">Google Payments Privacy Notice</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180514095832/https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/npMRW?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">Google Chrome – Spyware? Confirmed?</a> <li id="s3"><a href="http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">Google Chrome – Spyware? Confirmed?</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043922/http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/jxCPf">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/2ybxT">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043922/http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">[web.archive.org]</a> <li id="s4"><a href="https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/google-chrome-a-keylogger-privacy-concerns/">Google Chrome a Keylogger – Privacy Concerns</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043922/https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/google-chrome-a-keylogger-privacy-concerns/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/HclxK">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RhY9b">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://archive.li/jxCPf">[archive.li]</a> <li id="s5"><a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link (“Privacy Notice”)</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180524142231/https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/3ncnz">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DSx9S?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/2ybxT">[ghostarchive.org]</a> </ol>
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<a href="https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/google-chrome-a-keylogger-privacy-concerns/">Google Chrome a Keylogger – Privacy Concerns</a> <b>This article was last edited on 08/17/2021</b>
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<a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link (“Privacy Notice”)</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180524142231/https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/3ncnz">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DSx9S?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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<h1>Google Chrome</h1> <div class="nav"><a href="index.html">&larr; Catalog</a></div>
<p>Google Chrome es un navegador web desarollado y distribuido por Google</p> <div class="main">
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<h2>Nivel de spyware: <font color=red>EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO</font></h2> <h1>Google Chrome</h1>
<p>Google Chrome es un navegador web desarollado y distribuido por Google</p>
<h3>Google Chrome no es completamente libre</h3> <h2>Nivel de spyware: <span class="red">EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO</span></h2>
<p>Muchas partes de Google Chrome son libres, pero no todas de estas lo son. y esto no permite que se compruebe que no es spyware</p> <h3>Google Chrome no es completamente libre</h3>
<h3>Google Chrome rastrea el historial</h3> <p>Muchas partes de Google Chrome son libres, pero no todas de estas lo son. y esto no permite que se compruebe que no es spyware</p>
<h3>Google Chrome rastrea el historial</h3>
<p> Google Chrome contiene mucho spyware que responden en el historial de la busqueda de usuario. Esto es confirmado en la política de privacidad de Google Chrome<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup><br> <p>Google Chrome contiene mucho spyware que responden en el historial de la busqueda de usuario. Esto es confirmado en la política de privacidad de Google Chrome<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup></p>
<p>La primera caracteristia de spyware de Chrome es la integración con la "Cuenta de Google" (Que es spyware en si). Explica que: "<i>Cuando buscas usando la barra de direccion de google, los caracteres que has escrito (incluso si no has pulsado enter todavia) son enviados a tu motor de busqueda. Si Google es tu motor de busqueda por defecto, las predicciones estan basadas en tus busquedas</i></p>
<p>La primera caracteristia de spyware de Chrome es la integración con la "Cuenta de Google" (Que es spyware en si). Explica que: "<i>Cuando buscas usando la barra de direccion de google, los caracteres que has escrito (incluso si no has pulsado enter todavia) son enviados a tu motor de busqueda. Si Google es tu motor de busqueda por defecto, las predicciones estan basadas en tus busquedas</i> <p>Encima tiene otro spyware llamado "Asistencia de naveegacion" que dice que "Cuando no puedes conectarte a una página web, puedes obtener sugerencias para páginas alternativas (Vamos, que Google Chrome envía la dirección a la que has intentado entrar para darte otra <b>Google Chrome recopila el uso de tu ordenador</b></p>
</p> <p>En la política de privacidad <sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> Google admite el estupidamente alto spyware llamado "Estadisticas de uso y reportes de errores fatales" Lo que hace es recopilar (y enviar) informacion de tu ordenador extremadamente especifica sobre tu hardware y el uso de tu ordenador, y obviamente, tiene esto</p>
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Encima tiene otro spyware llamado "Asistencia de naveegacion" que dice que "Cuando no puedes conectarte a una página web, puedes obtener sugerencias para páginas alternativas (Vamos, que Google Chrome envía la dirección a la que has intentado entrar para darte otra <li>Un rastreador que graba el cursor</li>
<b>Google Chrome recopila el uso de tu ordenador</b></p> <li>Un rastrador que graba el uso de memoría (RAM)</li>
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<p>En la política de privacidad <sup><a href="#1"[1]></a></sup> Google admite el estupidamente alto spyware llamado "Estadisticas de uso y reportes de errores fatales" Lo que hace es recopilar (y enviar) informacion de tu ordenador extremadamente especifica sobre tu hardware y el uso de tu ordenador, y obviamente, tiene esto <h3>Google Chrome está integrado con Google Payments</h3>
<ul> <p>Google Payments es un spyware que graba tus datos bancarios y los envía a Google<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> Este servicio esta integrado en Google Chrome, lo que hace un spyware opt-in en el programa.</p>
<li>Un rastreador que graba el cursor</li> <h3>Google Chrome contiene un keylogger</h3>
<li>Un rastrador que graba el uso de memoría (RAM)</li> <p>Esto fue confirmado en muchos sitios <sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup> Basicamente, cualquier cosa que escribas en la barra de busqueda será enviada a Google. se puede, aparentemente, desactivar.</p>
</ul> <h3> Google Chroome graba tu voz</h3>
</p> <p>Está confirmado que Google Chrome esta constantemente grabando micros en tu ordenador. Esto se puede ver en esta referencia <sup><a href="#s5">[5]</a></sup> dice: "<i>Audio y voz puede ser recolectada, por ejemplo, si su hijo usa comandos de activacion (Ejemplo, "Ok, Google" o tocando el icono del microfono) se grabara <b>Tambien unos segundos despues</b> </i>" Esta caracteristica es Opt-in si usas las "Cuentas de Google" y si le dices a Google para hacer un perfil para tu hijo, es imposible saber si Google sube estos audios a sus servidores</p>
<h3>Google Chrome está integrado con Google Payments</h3> <h3>Google Chrome guarda contraseñas en sus servidores</h3>
<p>Cualquier contraseña guardada en el gestor de contraseñas de Chrome es subida a los servidores de Google si inicias sesión en Google Chrome</p>
<p>Google Payments es un spyware que graba tus datos bancarios y los envía a Google<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup> Este servicio esta integrado en Google Chrome, lo que hace un spyware opt-in en el programa. <h3> Google Chrome recolecta profiles de usuario de otras formas</h3>
</p> <p>Según su política de privacidad<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> Google Chrome guarda lo que rellenarías en formularios de paginas, tambien el idioma en el que mas consumespaginas web, Google Chrome, encima, crea un identificador unico porcada instalación, esto se envía a Google cada vez que abres el navegador, esto quiere decir que Google crea una identidad tuya propia, Google tambien, como ya lo he dicho, mas de una vez, Google guarda todos tus datos si inicias sesión en Chrome con tu cuenta de Google</p>
<h3>Google Chrome contiene un keylogger</h3> <h3>Google Chrome se actualiza automáticamente</h3>
<p>Esto fue confirmado en muchos sitios <sup><a href="#3">[3]</a><a href="#4">[4]</a></sup> Basicamente, cualquier cosa que escribas en la barra de busqueda será enviada a Google. se puede, aparentemente, desactivar. <p>Google Chrome tiene un actualizador que constantemente va en segundo plano y sincronizandose con los servidores de Google en busca de actualizaciones. Esto lo que hace es descargar y abrir los binarios no verificados cada vez que Google actualiza Chrome. Es imposible para un software con actualizaciones automaticas verificar si es o no spyware</p>
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<h3> Google Chroome graba tu voz</h3> <hr/>
<p>Está confirmado que Google Chrome esta constantemente grabando micros en tu ordenador. Esto se puede ver en esta referencia <sup><a href="#5">[5]</a></sup> dice: "<i>Audio y voz puede ser recolectada, por ejemplo, si su hijo usa comandos de activacion (Ejemplo, "Ok, Google" o tocando el icono del microfono) se grabara <b>Tambien unos segundos despues</b> </i>" Esta caracteristica es Opt-in si usas las "Cuentas de Google" y si le dices a Google para hacer un perfil para tu hijo, es imposible saber si Google sube estos audios a sus servidores</p> <div class="footer">
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<h3>Google Chrome guarda contraseñas en sus servidores</h3> <h4>Mas cosas:</h4>
<p>Cualquier contraseña guardada en el gestor de contraseñas de Chrome es subida a los servidores de Google si inicias sesión en Google Chrome</p> <ol>
<h3> Google Chrome recolecta profiles de usuario de otras formas</h3> <li><a href="https://stallman.org/google.html">Reasons not to use Google</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180512214729/http://stallman.org/google.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170929072403/https://stallman.org/google.html">[archive.is]</a></li>
<p>Según su política de privacidad<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup> Google Chrome guarda lo que rellenarías en formularios de paginas, tambien el idioma en el que mas consumespaginas web, Google Chrome, encima, crea un identificador unico porcada instalación, esto se envía a Google cada vez que abres el navegador, esto quiere decir que Google crea una identidad tuya propia, Google tambien, como ya lo he dicho, mas de una vez, Google guarda todos tus datos si inicias sesión en Chrome con tu cuenta de Google</p> <li><a href="https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">Welcome to the Botnet. Or, The Case Against Google Chrome</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150501010435/https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/OR4dz">[archive.is]</a></li>
<h3>Google Chrome se actualiza automáticamente </ol>
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Google Chrome tiene un actualizador que constantemente va en segundo plano y sincronizandose con los servidores de Google en busca de actualizaciones. Esto lo que hace es descargar y abrir los binarios no verificados cada vez que Google actualiza Chrome. Es imposible para un software con actualizaciones automaticas verificar si es o no spyware <div class="sources">
</p> <h4>Referencias:</h4>
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<center> <li id="s1"><a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">Google Chrome Privacy Notice</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180427041202/https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/GJIKw">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/yCsDg?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<h2>Mas cosas</h2> <li id="s2"><a href="https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldt=privacynotice">Google Payments Privacy Notice</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180514095832/https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/npMRW?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<p> <li id="s3"><a href="http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">Google Chrome – Spyware? Confirmed?</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043922/http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/jxCPf">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/2ybxT">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://stallman.org/google.html">Reasons not to use Google</a> <li id="s4"><a href="https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/google-chrome-a-keylogger-privacy-concerns/">Google Chrome a Keylogger – Privacy Concerns</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043922/https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/google-chrome-a-keylogger-privacy-concerns/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/HclxK">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RhY9b">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180512214729/http://stallman.org/google.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <li id="s5"><a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link (“Privacy Notice”)</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180524142231/https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/3ncnz">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DSx9S?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="http://archive.is/20170929072403/https://stallman.org/google.html">[archive.is]</a><br> </ol>
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<a href="https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">Welcome to the Botnet. Or, The Case Against Google Chrome</a> <hr/>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150501010435/https://8ch.net/tech/chrome.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <b>This article was created on 08/17/2021</b>
<a href="http://archive.is/OR4dz">[archive.is]</a><br> <br/>
<b>This is a translation of the english article. It may become outdated- compare the dates on both articles.</b>
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<a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">Google Chrome Privacy Notice</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180427041202/https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/index.html">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/GJIKw">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/yCsDg?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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<a href="https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice">Google Payments Privacy Notice</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180514095832/https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&ldt=privacynotice">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/npMRW?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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<a href="http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">Google Chrome – Spyware? Confirmed?</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043922/http://www.favbrowser.com/google-chrome-spyware-confirmed/">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/jxCPf">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/2ybxT">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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<a href="https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/google-chrome-a-keylogger-privacy-concerns/">Google Chrome a Keylogger – Privacy Concerns</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043922/https://jischinger.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/google-chrome-a-keylogger-privacy-concerns/">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/HclxK">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RhY9b">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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<a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link (“Privacy Notice”)</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180524142231/https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/3ncnz">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DSx9S?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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<h1>Clementine</h1> <img src="../images/clementine.png" alt="Clementine logo"/>
<p> <h1>Clementine</h1>
Clementine - is a music player and library organizer, based on Amarok 1.4, and licensed under the GPL. <p>Clementine - is a music player and library organizer, based on Amarok 1.4, and licensed under the GPL.</p>
</p> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellowgreen">Possible Spyware</span></h2>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellowgreen">Possible Spyware</span></h2> <h3>Clementine is making some http requests on start</h3>
<h3>Clementine is making some http requests on start</h3> <p>As Mitmproxy + Proxychains show, Clementine makes requests to <code> data.clementine-player.org</code>. If we search information about this domain, we can see it's for fetching information about artists, songs and OAuth info.<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup></p>
<p> <h3>Clementine is using Non-Free Web services</h3>
As Mitmproxy + Proxychains show, Clementine makes requests to <code> data.clementine-player.org</code>. If we search information about this domain, we can see it's for fetching information about artists, songs and OAuth info.<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup> <p>It's made to give search suggestitions, lyrics, and internet radio and podcast lists. Also, Clementine is using Wikipedia as the main source of information about artists. Wikipedia is logging your IP-adress. Clementine does have the native possibility to run network traffic through a proxy.</p>
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<h3>Clementine is using Non-Free Web services</h3> <hr/>
<p>It's made to give search suggestitions, lyrics, and internet radio and podcast lists. Also, Clementine is using Wikipedia as the main source of information about artists. Wikipedia is logging your IP-adress. Clementine does have the native possibility to run network traffic through a proxy.</p> <div class="footer">
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<h2>Sources</h2> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<p> <ol>
<a name="1">1.</a> <li id="s1"><a href="https://www.clementine-player.org/">Clementine Music Player</a></li>
<a href="https://www.clementine-player.org/">Clementine Music Player</a><br/> <li id="s2"><a href="https://github.com/clementine-player/Website/blob/master/README.md">info about data.clementine-player.org</a></li>
<a name="2">2.</a> </ol>
<a href="https://github.com/clementine-player/Website/blob/master/README.md">info about data.clementine-player.org</a> </div>
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<h1>Discord</h1> <h1>Discord</h1>
<p> <p>Discord is an instant messaging application for macOS, Windows, GNU/Linux, Android, and iOS. Discord is used to communicate via voice chat and text chat, and has image-sharing and file-sharing capabilities.</p>
Discord is an instant messaging application for macOS, Windows, GNU/Linux,
Android, and iOS. Discord is used to communicate via voice chat and
text chat, and has image-sharing and file-sharing capabilities.
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<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2>
<p> <p><span class="lightgreen">Thanks to Richard Stallman for linking to our article <a href="https://stallman.org/discord.html">here</a>! The spotlight is very much appreciated.</span></p>
<font color="lightgreen"> <a href="../articles/discord.html"><img class="icon" src="../images/discord-no-way-2.gif" alt="Discord? No Way!"/></a>
Thanks to Richard Stallman for linking to our article <p>Discord is spyware because it collects all information that passes through its communication platform. As Discord is a centralized communication platform, all communications have to go through Discord's official servers, where all of that information can potentially be recorded. The vast majority of said information has been confirmed to be recorded, such as all communications between users. Discord has also been confirmed to use other spyware features such as various forms of telemetry. Discord's main source of income is from investment, from which it has received over $279.3 million dollars<sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup>. Discord cannot be built from source and the source code for Discord is unavailable.</p>
<a href="https://stallman.org/discord.html"> here</a>!
The spotlight is very much appreciated.
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<p>
Discord is spyware because it collects all information that passes
through its communication platform. As Discord is a centralized
communication platform, all communications have to go through
Discord's official servers, where all of that information can
potentially be recorded. The vast majority of said information has
been confirmed to be recorded, such as all communications between
users. Discord has also been confirmed to use other spyware features
such as various forms of telemetry. Discord's main source of income is
from investment, from which it has received over $279.3 million
dollars<sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup
>. Discord cannot be built from source and the source code for Discord
is unavailable.
</p>
<h3>Discord does not make its source code available</h3> <h3>Discord does not make its source code available</h3>
<p> <p>It is impossible to download and examine Discord's source code, which means that it is impossible to prove that Discord is not spyware. Any program which does not make its source code available is potential spyware.</p>
It is impossible to download and examine Discord's source code, which <h3>Discord confirms that it collects large amounts of sensitive user data</h3>
means that it is impossible to prove that Discord is not spyware. Any <p>Discord explicitly confirms in its privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> that it collects the following information:</p>
program which does not make its source code available is potential
spyware.
</p>
<h3>
Discord confirms that it collects large amounts of sensitive user data
</h3>
<p>
Discord explicitly confirms in its privacy policy<sup
><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup
>
that it collects the following information:
</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li>IP Address</li> <li>IP Address</li>
<li>Device UUID</li> <li>Device UUID</li>
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<li>All VOIP data (voice chat)</li> <li>All VOIP data (voice chat)</li>
<li>Open rates for e-mail sent by Discord</li> <li>Open rates for e-mail sent by Discord</li>
</ul> </ul>
<p> <p>Discord does not explicitly confirm that it collects this information, but still collects it by default:</p>
Discord does not explicitly confirm that it collects this information,
but still collects it by default:
</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li> <li>Logs of all of the other programs that are open on your computer</li>
Logs of all of the other programs that are open on your computer
</li>
</ul> </ul>
<p> <p>The implications of this information can be broken down like this: By recording your IP address, Discord can track your general location (about as precise as which county you are in). Discord can also tell which devices you use, as it uniquely identifies each device, and how much you use those devices, as it can record your device usage habits (since Discord is usually open in the background so that it can receive messages). Discord also records every single interaction you have with other users through its service. This means that Discord is confirmed to log every conversation that you have through Discord, and record everything that you say on Discord, and view all images that you send through Discord. Therefore, none of your interactions on Discord are private. Discord's privacy policy also contains several occurrences of phrases such as "including but not limited to," which is an explicit confirmation that Discord contains more spyware features that are not disclosed to the user.</p>
The implications of this information can be broken down like this: By <h3>Discord contains features which allow integration with other spyware platforms</h3>
recording your IP address, Discord can track your general location <p>Discord contains the opt-in spyware feature known as "social media integration." This allows you to sync your persistent user identity on Discord with your persistent user identity on other spyware platforms, such as Facebook and Twitter. In its privacy policy<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>, Discord has confirmed that if you opt in to this spyware feature, Discord will obtain an undisclosed amount of access to information obtained about you by the spyware platforms that you choose to sync with.</p>
(about as precise as which county you are in). Discord can also tell
which devices you use, as it uniquely identifies each device, and how
much you use those devices, as it can record your device usage habits
(since Discord is usually open in the background so that it can
receive messages). Discord also records every single interaction you
have with other users through its service. This means that Discord is
confirmed to log every conversation that you have through Discord, and
record everything that you say on Discord, and view all images that
you send through Discord. Therefore, none of your interactions on
Discord are private. Discord's privacy policy also contains several
occurrences of phrases such as "including but not limited to," which
is an explicit confirmation that Discord contains more spyware
features that are not disclosed to the user.
</p>
<h3>
Discord contains features which allow integration with other spyware
platforms
</h3>
<p>
Discord contains the opt-in spyware feature known as "social media
integration." This allows you to sync your persistent user identity on
Discord with your persistent user identity on other spyware platforms,
such as Facebook and Twitter. In its privacy policy<sup
><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup
>, Discord has confirmed that if you opt in to this spyware feature,
Discord will obtain an undisclosed amount of access to information
obtained about you by the spyware platforms that you choose to sync
with.
</p>
<h3>Discord contains a process logger</h3> <h3>Discord contains a process logger</h3>
<p> <p>Discord has been confirmed to monitor the open processes on your operating system. This is a spyware feature known as a "process logger" that is generally used to record your program usage habits. This was confirmed by the CTO of Discord in a Reddit thread.<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> In the same thread, the CTO also elaborates that this spyware feature (the monitoring of processes) is mandatory for several features of the platform. The CTO and a Discord engineer go on to claim that Discord does not use the process logger to send records of the open processes on the user's computer.</p>
Discord has been confirmed to monitor the open processes on your <p>The test to prove that Discord logs processes was done again by the writer with procmon on 4/11/2019 with the features: "Use data to customize my Discord Experience" and "Display currently running game as a status message" turned off. Discord did <span class="lime"><b>NOT</b></span> log all of the processes open this way. However, when setting the "Display currently running game as a status message" turned on, the behavior described in<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> was replicated. You can see that behavior here:</p>
operating system. This is a spyware feature known as a "process <img class="screenshot" src="../images/discord_process_logging.png" alt="Discord process logging as described in [2] confirmed with procmon"/>
logger" that is generally used to record your program usage habits. <p>Discord claims this feature can be disabled through the UI. This is sadly <a href="https://github.com/snapcrafters/discord/issues/23">false</a>. Because of the nature of closed-source software it isn't possible for either this article or the Discord developers to prove how much information is being sent to Discord's servers when the process logger is turned on. But it's at least possible to turn it off.</p>
This was confirmed by the CTO of Discord in a Reddit thread.<sup
><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup
>
In the same thread, the CTO also elaborates that this spyware feature
(the monitoring of processes) is mandatory for several features of the
platform. The CTO and a Discord engineer go on to claim that Discord
does not use the process logger to send records of the open processes
on the user's computer.
</p>
<p>
The test to prove that Discord logs processes was done again by the
writer with procmon on 4/11/2019 with the features: "Use data to
customize my Discord Experience" and "Display currently running game
as a status message" turned off. Discord did
<font color="lime"><b>NOT</b></font> log all of the processes open
this way. However, when setting the "Display currently running game as
a status message" turned on, the behavior described in<sup
><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup
>
was replicated. You can see that behavior here:
</p>
<img
class="screenshot"
src="../images/discord_process_logging.png"
alt="Discord process logging as described in [2] confirmed with procmon"
/>
<p>
Discord claims this feature can be disabled through the UI.
This is sadly <a href="https://github.com/snapcrafters/discord/issues/23">false</a>.
Because of the nature of closed-source software it isn't possible for
either this article or the Discord developers to prove how much
information is being sent to Discord's servers when the process logger
is turned on. But it's at least possible to turn it off.
</p>
<h3>Discord uses its process logging for advertising</h3> <h3>Discord uses its process logging for advertising</h3>
<p> <p>Discord shows this in its privacy option here:</p>
Discord shows this in its privacy option here: <img class="screenshot" src="../images/discord_data.png" alt="Discord process logging usefulness"/>
</p> <p>That the process logging features of Discord are now being recorded on Discord's servers as a form of telemetry (spyware), and removes speculation about why this feature exists. It is clarified by Discord that this spyware feature is used for advertising to its users.<sup><a href="#s8">[8]</a></sup> This means that Discord is <span class="red"><b>recording the programs you have open to build a statistical model of what programs you might buy/license in the future.</b></span></p>
<img <img class="screenshot" src="../images/discord_2.png" alt="Discord confirms process logging is used for advertising"/>
class="screenshot" <h3>Discord tries to force some users to give their Telephone numbers</h3>
src="../images/discord_data.png" <p>Discord will lock users out of its service and will not allow them to continue using it without giving their phone number or contacting Discord support. This is especially true for TOR users. This kind of feature is designed to extract very personal information out of its users (phone numbers). The criteria for locking out users isn't known.</p>
alt="Discord process logging usefulness" <img class="screenshot" src="../images/discord_verify.png" alt="discord phone verification"/>
/>
<p>
That the process logging features of Discord are now being recorded on
Discord's servers as a form of telemetry (spyware), and removes
speculation about why this feature exists. It is clarified by Discord
that this spyware feature is used for advertising to its users.<sup
><a href="#s8">[8]</a></sup
>
This means that Discord is
<font color="red"
><b
>recording the programs you have open to build a statistical model
of what programs you might buy/license in the future.</b
></font
>
</p>
<img
class="screenshot"
src="../images/discord_2.png"
alt="Discord confirms process logging is used for advertising"
/>
<h3>
Discord tries to force some users to give their Telephone numbers
</h3>
<p>
Discord will lock users out of its service and will not allow them to
continue using it without giving their phone number or contacting
Discord support. This is especially true for TOR users.
This kind of feature is designed to extract very
personal information out of its users (phone numbers). The criteria
for locking out users isn't known.
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You can be locked out of your account for spamming
multiple users in dm's a short ammount of time,
This is due to the spam protection
-->
</p>
<img
class="screenshot"
src="../images/discord_verify.png"
alt="discord phone verification"
/>
<h3>Discord receives government requests for your information</h3> <h3>Discord receives government requests for your information</h3>
<p> <p>Discord has confirmed in an email correspondence<sup><a href="#s6">[6]</a></sup> that it does receive government requests for information. So, we know that the government potentially has access to all of the information that Discord collects about you. You can read a copy of the email image posted in the source<a href="https://spyware.neocities.org/images/discord%20government%20requests.png">here</a> in case the link there dies.</p>
Discord has confirmed in an email correspondence<sup
><a href="#s6">[6]</a></sup
>
that it does receive government requests for information. So, we know
that the government potentially has access to all of the information
that Discord collects about you. You can read a copy of the email
image posted in the source
<a
href="https://spyware.neocities.org/images/discord%20government%20requests.png"
>here</a
>
in case the link there dies.
</p>
<hr/> <hr/>
<h2>Speculation on Discord's future</h2> <h2>Speculation on Discord's future</h2>
<p> <p>It's unknown whether Discord currently is or isn't selling user information. Currently, Discord has been able to consistently raise new investment capital, which is at a level where it could reasonably be covering all of its operating costs. However, Discord, like any other company, is not going to exist in a constant state of investment. Discord is going to have to transition away from an investment-financed business model to a revenue model that exclusively relies on generating revenue from the users of the platform.</p>
It's unknown whether Discord currently is or isn't selling user <p>Discord has several ways of making money. It can license emoji's and other features of the program with Discord Nitro<sup><a href="#s5">[5]</a></sup>, or it can make money licensing video games through its new online store, as a competitor to <a href="../articles/steam.html">Steam</a>. However, both of these revenue sources may not be enough. Discord has raised $279.3 million dollars<sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup> and it has to return on this investment. (which is more than 279.3 million dollars that has to be paid back)</p>
information. Currently, Discord has been able to consistently raise new <p>If Discord is not able to satisfy its obligation to its investors, it has a third option- selling user information to advertisers. Discord is already datamining its users to produce its recommendation system,<sup><a href="#s8">[8]</a></sup> which means that it is already turning its userbase into extremely valuable, sellable, advertising data. Discord has 130 million users<sup><a href="#s7">[7]</a></sup>, and it can produce a statistical model of what games each user (who does not opt-out of advertising) owns, plays, and wants to buy. This is incredibly valuable information that Discord can sell if it cannot reach its profit obligations with its current revenue model. If Discord was a successful games store, then it would not need to do this. But if Discord gets in financial trouble, it probably will be forced to liquidate this asset.</p>
investment capital, which is at a level where it could reasonably be
covering all of its operating costs. However, Discord, like any other
company, is not going to exist in a constant state of investment.
Discord is going to have to transition away from an
investment-financed business model to a revenue model that exclusively
relies on generating revenue from the users of the platform.
</p>
<p>
Discord has several ways of making money. It can license emoji's and
other features of the program with Discord Nitro<sup
><a href="#s5">[5]</a></sup
>, or it can make money licensing video games through its new online
store, as a competitor to <a href="../articles/steam.html">Steam</a>.
However, both of these revenue sources may not be enough. Discord has
raised $279.3 million dollars<sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup>
and it has to return on this investment. (which is more than 279.3
million dollars that has to be paid back)
</p>
<p>
If Discord is not able to satisfy its obligation to its investors,
it has a third option- selling user information to advertisers.
Discord is already datamining its users to produce its
recommendation system,<sup><a href="#s8">[8]</a></sup> which means
that it is already turning its userbase into extremely valuable,
sellable, advertising data. Discord has 130 million users<sup
><a href="#s7">[7]</a></sup
>, and it can produce a statistical model of what games each user (who
does not opt-out of advertising) owns, plays, and wants to buy. This
is incredibly valuable information that Discord can sell if it cannot
reach its profit obligations with its current revenue model. If Discord
was a successful games store, then it would not need to do this. But
if Discord gets in financial trouble, it probably will be forced to
liquidate this asset.
</p>
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<div class="futher"> <div class="futher">
<h4>Further Reading:</h4> <h4>Further Reading:</h4>
<ol> <ol>
<a <li><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8lkb5s/friends_don't_let_friends_use_discord_the/">Friends Don't Let Friends Use Discord</a> <a href="https://removeddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8lkb5s/friends_dont_let_friends_use_discord_the/">[removeddit.com]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/Q4N9J">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
href="https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8lkb5s/friends_don't_let_friends_use_discord_the/" <li><a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html">Help Me, Tom's Guide: Is Discord Tracking Me?</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20180418204656/https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/8dKmc?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
>Friends Don't Let Friends Use Discord</a <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn4CENr5NV0">Why Discord is Trash</a></li>
> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_6AZT92pU">Why You Shouldn't Use Discord</a></li>
<a href="https://removeddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8lkb5s/friends_dont_let_friends_use_discord_the/">[removeddit.com]</a <li><a href="http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf">THE DISCORD SITUATION</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528205030/http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf">[web.archive.org]</a></li>
>
<a href="https://archive.is/Q4N9J">[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
<br/>
<a
href="https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html"
>Help Me, Tom's Guide: Is Discord Tracking Me?</a
>
<a
href="http://archive.is/20180418204656/https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html"
>[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/8dKmc?kreymer=false"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
<br/>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn4CENr5NV0"
>Why Discord is Trash</a
><br/>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN_6AZT92pU"
>Why You Shouldn't Use Discord</a
><br/>
<a href="http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf"
>THE DISCORD SITUATION</a
>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528205030/http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
</ol> </ol>
</div> </div>
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<div class="sources"> <div class="sources">
<h4>Sources:</h4> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<ol> <ol>
<li id="s1"> <li id="s1"><a href="https://discordapp.com/privacy">Discord Privacy Policy</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052213/https://discordapp.com/privacy">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20180515102020/https://discordapp.com/privacy">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/22yke">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="https://discordapp.com/privacy" <li id="s2"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/">Why is Discord recording our open programs and uploadingthem?</a> <a href="https://www.removeddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/">[removeddit.com]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043931/https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/qFcQA">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/MQBEv?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
>Discord Privacy Policy</a <li id="s3"><a href="https://discordapp.com/company">Discord</a> <a href="http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171226205723/https://discordapp.com/company">[wayback.archive-it.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/30TU8">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
> <li id="s4"><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord">Crunchbase</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180423015034/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a <li id="s5"><a href="https://discordapp.com/nitro">Discord Nitro</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/xbj7M?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052213/https://discordapp.com/privacy" <li id="s6"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">Discord receives government requests. No plans on adding E2E Encryption any time soon.</a> <a href="https://archive.is/JrdJ9">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://removeddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">[removeddit.com]</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180228033615/https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/trU1V">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
>[web.archive.org]</a <li id="s7"><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/">Number of registered Discord users</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181119040747/https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bK9Ai">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
> <li id="s8"><a href="https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911">Data Privacy Controls</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181201004455/https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vx3aY">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a
href="http://archive.is/20180515102020/https://discordapp.com/privacy"
>[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/22yke"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="s2">
<a
href="https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/"
>Why is Discord recording our open programs and uploading
them?</a
>
<a
href="https://www.removeddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/"
>[removeddit.com]</a
>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043931/https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a href="https://archive.li/qFcQA">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/MQBEv?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</li>
<li id="s3">
<a href="https://discordapp.com/company">Discord</a>
<a
href="http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171226205723/https://discordapp.com/company"
>[wayback.archive-it.org]</a
>
<a
href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company"
>[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/30TU8"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="s4">
<a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord"
>Crunchbase</a
>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180423015034/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
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<a
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>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="s5">
<a href="https://discordapp.com/nitro">Discord Nitro</a>
<a
href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company"
>[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/xbj7M?kreymer=true"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="s6">
<a
href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/"
>Discord receives government requests. No plans on adding E2E
Encryption any time soon.</a
>
<a href="https://archive.is/JrdJ9">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://removeddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">[removeddit.com]</a>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180228033615/https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/trU1V"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="s7">
<a
href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/"
>Number of registered Discord users</a
>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181119040747/https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bK9Ai"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="s8">
<a
href="https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911"
>Data Privacy Controls</a
>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181201004455/https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vx3aY"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
</ol> </ol>
</div> </div>
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Discord es un programa de mensajería instantanea disponible para MacOS, GNU/Linux, Android, Windows, Android e iOS. <img src="../images/discord_logo.png" alt="Discord-Logo"/>
Discord puede usarse para comunicarse vía voz y chat de texto, también se puede usar para compartir archivos e imágenes. <h1>Discord</h1>
</p> <p>Discord es un programa de mensajería instantanea disponible para MacOS, GNU/Linux, Android, Windows, Android e iOS. Discord puede usarse para comunicarse vía voz y chat de texto, también se puede usar para compartir archivos e imágenes.</p>
<h2>Nivel de Spyware: <font color="red">EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO</font></h2> <h2>Nivel de Spyware: <span class="red">EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO</span></h2>
<p> <p>Discord es spyware por que recolecta toda la información que pasa por su plataforma de comunicacón. Discord es una plataforma de comunicaión centralizada, todas las comunicaciones deben ir por los servidores oficiales de Discord. Donde toda la información puede ser grabada, la gran mayoría de la información dada esta confirmada. Taén se ha confirmado que Discord usa mas spyware como formas de telemetría. La mayor fuente de ingresos de discord, que ha recibido $129 millones de dolares. Discord no puede ser compilado por que no es un programa libre.</p>
Discord es spyware por que recolecta toda la información que pasa por su plataforma de comunicacón. Discord es una plataforma de comunicaión centralizada, todas las comunicaciones deben ir por los servidores oficiales de Discord. Donde toda la información puede ser grabada, la gran mayoría de la información dada esta confirmada. Taén se ha confirmado que Discord usa mas spyware como formas de telemetría. La mayor fuente de ingresos de discord, que ha recibido $129 millones de dolares. Discord no puede ser compilado por que no es un programa libre. <p>Discord no hace su código fuente disponible.</p>
<p> <p>Es imposible descargar y examinar el código fuente de Discord, lo que hace imposible probar queDiscord no es spyware. Cualquier programa que no haga su código fuente disponible es potencialmente spyware</p>
Discord no hace su código fuente disponible. <p>Discord confirma que recolecta varia información de los usuarios.</p>
</p><p> <h3>Discord does not make its source code available</h3>
Es imposible descargar y examinar el código fuente de Discord, lo que hace imposible probar queDiscord no es spyware. Cualquier programa que no haga su código fuente disponible es potencialmente spyware <p>It is impossible to download and examine Discord's source code, which means that it is impossible to prove that Discord is not spyware. Any program which does not make its source code available is potential spyware.</p>
</p><p> <h3>Discord confirma en su política de privacidad<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> que recolecta la siguiente información</h3>
Discord confirma que recolecta varia información de los usuarios. <ul>
</p> <li>Direccion IP</li>
<h3>Discord does not make its source code available</h3> <li>UUID del dispositivo</li>
<p> <li>E-Mail del usuario</li>
It is impossible to download and examine Discord's source code, <li>Todos los mensajes de texto</li>
which means that it is impossible to prove that Discord is not <li>Todas las imagenes</li>
spyware. Any program which does not make its source code available is <li>Todas los mensajes de voz (Las llamadas)</li>
potential spyware. <li>Los E-mails mandados por discord</li>
</p> </ul>
<h3>Discord confirma en su política de privacidad <sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup> que recolecta la siguiente información</h3> <p>Discord no confirma que recolecta esta informacion, pero lo hace</p>
<ul> <ul>
<li> Direccion IP <li>Lista de todos los programas que estan abiertos en tu ordenador</li>
<li> UUID del dispositivo </ul>
<li> E-Mail del usuario <p>La siguiente información puede usarse para: Saber donde vives (El pais exacto) Discord puede decir exactamente en que dispositivo estás Puede saber todo lo que hace (Pues incluso en movil, discord corre en segundo plano, para recibir mensajes) Discord tambien recolecta la información que le pasas a otros usuarios. Esto significa que Discord puede ver los mensajes, imagenes, y archivos enviados. En otras palabras, ninguna conversacion mantenida en discord es privada.</p>
<li> Todos los mensajes de texto <h3>Discord tambien tiene integración con otras plataformas de Spyware</h3>
<li> Todas las imagenes <p>Discord contiene "opt-in" conocido como "Integración con redes sociales" Esto hace que Discord sepa de tu identidad. Plataformas como Facebook y Twitter, en su politica de privacidad. Discord confirma que si lo vinculas a el mismo, Discord obtendrá datos de tus redes sociales.</p>
<li> Todas los mensajes de voz (Las llamadas) <h3>Discord contiene un listado de procesos.</h3>
<li> Los E-mails mandados por discord <p>Está confirmado que discord tiene un monitor para ver los procesor que que corren en tu sistema operativo. Este spyware es conocido como "Listador de procesos" Se usa mas que nada para grabar tus habitos de uso de programas.</p>
</ul> <p>Esto ha sido confirmado por el CTO de Discord en un hilo de Reddit<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> En el mismo hilo, el CTO admite que es obligatorio este spyware y no puede ser removido. El CTO y un ingeniero de Discord dice que no es spyware, pero no puede ser confirmado.</p>
<p> <h3>La mayoria de ingresos de discord viene de vender datos.</h3>
Discord no confirma que recolecta esta informacion, pero lo hace <p>Discord esta esclusivamente confiado en la informacion que los usuarios generan. Esto significa que la mayor fuente de ingresos es recolectar datos de usuarios, otras fuentes son secundiaria. Discord tiene 4,2 millones de usuarios en su plataforma<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup> sin otras inversiones, esto es casi toda el dinero generado por la mineria de datos de sus usuarios, discord tiene $129 millones de dolares en inversion <sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup> desde 2012. Discord tiene 45 millones de usuario, por lo que pueden recolectar MUCHISIMOS datos. El "Principal" medio de llegada de Ingresos de discord es Nitro<sup><a href="#s5">[5]</a></sup> realisticamente, no puede ser la principal fuente de ingresos de discord, especialmente por que Nitro es relativamente reciente.</p>
</p> <h3>Discord recibe peticiones de gobierno para tu informacion</h3>
<ul> <p>Discord ha confirmado de una de sus correspondencia de E-mail <sup><a href="#s6">[6]</a></sup> donde confirma que recibe peticiones del gobierno de informacion, asi que podemos saber que el gobierno tiene toda la informacion que Discord ha recolectado de ti <a href="https://spyware.neocities.org/images/discord%20government%20requests.png">aqui</a> por si el link muere.</p>
<li>Lista de todos los programas que estan abiertos en tu ordenador </div>
</ul> <hr/>
<p> <div class="footer">
La siguiente información puede usarse para: <div class="futher">
Saber donde vives (El pais exacto) <h4>Mas cosas:</h4>
Discord puede decir exactamente en que dispositivo estás <ol>
Puede saber todo lo que hace (Pues incluso en movil, discord corre en segundo plano, para recibir mensajes) <li><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8lkb5s/friends_don't_let_friends_use_discord_the/">Friends Don't Let Friends Use Discord</a> <a href="https://archive.is/Q4N9J">[archive.is]</a></li>
Discord tambien recolecta la información que le pasas a otros usuarios. Esto significa que Discord puede ver los mensajes, imagenes, y archivos enviados. <li><a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html">Help Me, Tom's Guide: Is Discord Tracking Me?</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20180418204656/https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html">[archive.is]</a></li>
En otras palabras, ninguna conversacion mantenida en discord es privada. <li><a href="https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=cn4CENr5NV0">Why Discord is Trash</a></li>
</p> <li><a href="https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=QN_6AZT92pU">Why You Shouldn't Use Discord</a></li>
<h3>Discord tambien tiene integración con otras plataformas de Spyware</h3> <li><a href="http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf">THE DISCORD SITUATION</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528205030/http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf">[web.archive.org]</a></li>
<p>
Discord contiene "opt-in" conocido como "Integración con redes sociales" Esto hace que Discord sepa de tu identidad.
Plataformas como Facebook y Twitter, en su politica de privacidad. Discord confirma que si lo vinculas a el mismo, Discord obtendrá datos de tus redes sociales.
</p>
<h3>Discord contiene un listado de procesos.</h3>
<p>
Está confirmado que discord tiene un monitor para ver los procesor que que corren en tu sistema operativo. Este spyware es conocido como "Listador de procesos"
Se usa mas que nada para grabar tus habitos de uso de programas.
</p>
<p>
Esto ha sido confirmado por el CTO de Discord en un hilo de Reddit<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup>
En el mismo hilo, el CTO admite que es obligatorio este spyware y no puede ser removido. El CTO y un ingeniero de Discord dice que no es spyware, pero no puede ser confirmado.
</p>
<h3>La mayoria de ingresos de discord viene de vender datos.</h3>
<p>
Discord esta esclusivamente confiado en la informacion que los usuarios generan. Esto significa que la mayor fuente de ingresos es recolectar datos de usuarios, otras fuentes son secundiaria. Discord tiene 4,2 millones de usuarios en su plataforma<sup><a href="#3">[3]</a></sup> sin otras inversiones, esto es casi toda el dinero generado por la mineria de datos de sus usuarios, discord tiene $129 millones de dolares en inversion <sup><a href="#4">[4]</a></sup> desde 2012. Discord tiene 45 millones de usuario, por lo que pueden recolectar MUCHISIMOS datos. El "Principal" medio de llegada de Ingresos de discord es Nitro<sup><a href="#5">[5]</a></sup> realisticamente, no puede ser la principal
fuente de ingresos de discord, especialmente por que Nitro es relativamente reciente.</p>
<h3>Discord recibe peticiones de gobierno para tu informacion</h3>
<p>
Discord ha confirmado de una de sus correspondencia de E-mail <sup><a href="#6">[6]</a></sup> donde confirma que recibe peticiones del gobierno de informacion, asi que podemos saber que el gobierno tiene toda la informacion que Discord ha recolectado de ti <a href="https://spyware.neocities.org/images/discord%20government%20requests.png">aqui</a>
por si el link muere.
</p>
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<h2>Mas cosas</h2>
<a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8lkb5s/friends_don't_let_friends_use_discord_the/">Friends Don't Let Friends Use Discord</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/Q4N9J">[archive.is]</a><br>
<a href="https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html">Help Me, Tom's Guide: Is Discord Tracking Me?</a>
<a href="http://archive.is/20180418204656/https://www.tomsguide.com/us/help-me-toms-guide-discord-permissions,review-5104.html">[archive.is]</a><br>
<a href="https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=cn4CENr5NV0">Why Discord is Trash</a><br>
<a href="https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=QN_6AZT92pU">Why You Shouldn't Use Discord</a><br>
<a href="http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf">THE DISCORD SITUATION</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528205030/http://subvert.pw/res/discord.pdf">[web.archive.org]</a><br>
<hr>
<h2>Referencias</h2>
<ol>
<li id="1">
<a href="https://discordapp.com/privacy"
>Discord Privacy Policy</a
>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052213/https://discordapp.com/privacy"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a
href="http://archive.is/20180515102020/https://discordapp.com/privacy"
>[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/22yke"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="2">
<a
href="https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/"
>Why is Discord recording our open programs and uploading
them?</a
>
<a
href="https://www.removeddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/"
>[removeddit.com]</a
>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043931/https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a href="https://archive.li/qFcQA">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/MQBEv?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</li>
<li id="3">
<a href="https://discordapp.com/company">Discord</a>
<a
href="http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171226205723/https://discordapp.com/company"
>[wayback.archive-it.org]</a
>
<a
href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company"
>[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/30TU8"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="4">
<a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord"
>Crunchbase</a
>
<a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180423015034/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
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>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="5">
<a href="https://discordapp.com/nitro">Discord Nitro</a>
<a
href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company"
>[archive.is]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/xbj7M?kreymer=true"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="6">
<a
href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/"
>Discord receives government requests. No plans on adding E2E
Encryption any time soon.</a
>
<a href="https://archive.is/JrdJ9">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://removeddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">[removeddit.com]</a>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180228033615/https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/trU1V"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="7">
<a
href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/"
>Number of registered Discord users</a
>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181119040747/https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bK9Ai"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
<li id="8">
<a
href="https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911"
>Data Privacy Controls</a
>
<a
href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181201004455/https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911"
>[web.archive.org]</a
>
<a
href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vx3aY"
>[ghostarchive.org]</a
>
</li>
</ol> </ol>
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<p><b> <hr/>
This article was created on 11/18/2018<br> <div class="sources">
This is a translation of the english article. It may become outdated- compare the dates on both articles. <h4>Referencias:</h4>
</b></p> <ol>
<p> <li id="s1"><a href="https://discordapp.com/privacy">Discord Privacy Policy</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528052213/https://discordapp.com/privacy">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20180515102020/https://discordapp.com/privacy">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/22yke">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>. All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 liscence to be accepted. <li id="s2"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/">Why is Discord recording our open programs and uploading them?</a> <a href="https://www.removeddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/">[removeddit.com]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043931/https://www.reddit.com/r/discordapp/comments/43lqyb/why_is_discord_recording_our_open_programs_and/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/qFcQA">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/MQBEv?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
</p> <li id="s3"><a href="https://discordapp.com/company">Discord</a> <a href="http://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171226205723/https://discordapp.com/company">[wayback.archive-it.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/30TU8">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<a href="../LICENSE.txt"><img class="icon" src="../images/cc0.png" alt="CC0 Liscence"></a> <li id="s4"><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord">Crunchbase</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180423015034/https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/discord">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<p><a href="../articles/index.html">Back to catalog</a></p> <li id="s5"><a href="https://discordapp.com/nitro">Discord Nitro</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20170724163442/https://discordapp.com/company">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/xbj7M?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
</center> <li id="s6"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">Discord receives government requests. No plans on adding E2E Encryption any time soon.</a> <a href="https://archive.is/JrdJ9">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://removeddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">[removeddit.com]</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180228033615/https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/80l8se/discord_receives_government_requests_no_plans_on/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/trU1V">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<li id="s7"><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/">Number of registered Discord users</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181119040747/https://www.statista.com/statistics/746215/discord-user-number/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bK9Ai">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<li id="s8"><a href="https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911">Data Privacy Controls</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181201004455/https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004109911">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vx3aY">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
</ol>
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<b>This article was created on 11/18/2018</b>
<br/>
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<h1>Dissenter</h1> <img src="../images/dissenter_logo.png" alt="Dissenter Logo"/>
<p> <h1>Dissenter</h1>
Dissenter is a web browser and plugin released by the social network company Gab. <p>Dissenter is a web browser and plugin released by the social network company Gab.</p>
</p> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="orange">High</span></h2>
<h2>Spyware Level: <font color="orange">High</font></h2> <p>The Dissenter browser is a fork of the <a href="../articles/brave.html">Brave</a> web browser. It phones home to Brave for autoupdates and safebrowsing, which is hosted by Brave. The default search engine is <a href="../articles/duckduckgo.html">DuckDuckGo</a>. The browser has two extensions preinstalled. One extension, "Shields", blocks certain advertisement scripts. The other, "Dissenter" allows you to access the Dissenter social network. This extension phones home to several places whenever you open it, including Google and Twitter. The Dissenter social network also inherently must collect more information about the user's browsing habits than the current alternatives that already exist. It also doesn't help that their privacy policy is basically empty.</p>
<p> <h3>Phoning home</h3>
The Dissenter browser is a fork of the <a href="../articles/brave.html">Brave</a> web browser. It phones home to <p>When the Dissenter Browser is started, it will make several connections to Brave's autoupdate services:</p>
Brave for autoupdates and safebrowsing, which is hosted by Brave. The default search engine is <a href="../articles/duckduckgo.html">DuckDuckGo</a>. <img class="screenshot" src="../images/dissenter_phone_home_1.png" alt="Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave"/>
The browser has two extensions preinstalled. One extension, "Shields", blocks certain advertisement scripts. The other, <p>Every once in a while, the Browser will send a request to Brave's instance of the Google safebrowsing service:</p>
"Dissenter" allows you to access the Dissenter social network. This extension phones home to several places whenever you open it, <img class="screenshot" src="../images/dissenter_safebrowsing.png" alt="Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave"/>
including Google and Twitter. The Dissenter social network also inherently must collect more information about the user's browsing <p>Whenever the Dissenter extension is opened, it will phone home to several companies:</p>
habits than the current alternatives that already exist. It also doesn't help that their privacy policy is basically empty. <img class="screenshot" src="../images/dissenter_ext_ph.png" alt="Dissenter Extension phoning home"/>
</p> <p>This includes:</p>
<h3>Phoning home</h3> <ul>
<p> <li>Google</li>
When the Dissenter Browser is started, it will make several connections to Brave's autoupdate services: <li>Twitter</li>
</p> <li>Doubleclick (Google owned telemetry company)</li>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/dissenter_phone_home_1.png" alt="Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave"> <li>FontAwesome</li>
<p> <li>Cloudflare</li>
Every once in a while, the Browser will send a request to Brave's instance of the Google safebrowsing service: </ul>
</p> <p>This happens every time the extension is opened.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/dissenter_safebrowsing.png" alt="Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave"> <h3>Opt-out telemetry</h3>
<p> <p>Dissenter will send crash reports to Gab automatically. This is on by default and you have to opt-out.</p>
<p> <p><i>"When Gab crashes, it creates a report that can be sent to us to help us fix whatever caused the problem. This report contains technical information about your computer system which is typically distinctive. You can choose whether to send us these reports. Even if you have chosen to send reports in the past, you can turn off future reports in settings. Crash reports may contain personal information."</i> <sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>.</p>
Whenever the Dissenter extension is opened, it will phone home to several companies: <h3>Dissenter bypasses its own tracker filter</h3>
</p> <p>Dissenter comes with its own content blocker called Shields that is meant to block trackers as you browse the web. This content blocker can block requests made by regular websites, but it does not block content that is loaded by the Dissenter extension. The Dissenter extension makes requests to trackers that would have been blocked by its own filter- by it's <b><span class="yellow">own standards</span></b> Dissenter makes connections to tracking websites that are not necessary and not private. The spyware site <code>googleads.g.doubleclick.net</code> is correctly blocked by Shields when a normal website tries to access it, but this connection is not blocked when Dissenter accesses it... This is an interesting double standard when it comes to privacy.</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/dissenter_ext_ph.png" alt="Dissenter Extension phoning home"> <img class="screenshot" src="../images/sheilds_blocking.png" alt="Sheilds blocking"/>
<center> <h3>Inherent issues with Dissenter</h3>
<p> <p>Dissenter has the inherent problem that it associates the web pages you have visited with the discussions you are having or trying to have. If you want to check an article's comments on Dissenter, you have to tell Gab that you visited that article. This gives Gab a very good profile of what sites you visit and what articles you read. Currently, alternatives exist to this model that are already in place. For example, you can create a thread on an Imageboard, Reddit-like website, or other web forum format, which sets an archived link to the article as the topic of discussion. This format is much more private because the parties involved have much less information about what their users did. The news website has no idea who read its article, because the traffic went to the archival service. The forum that you can freely comment on also doesn't know what articles you looked at or what discussions you tried to have. If we only consider privacy, this method is a somewhat better way of achieving this goal.</p>
This includes: </div>
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<ul> <div class="sources">
<li>Google</li> <h4>Sources:</h4>
<li>Twitter</li> <ol>
<li>Doubleclick (Google owned telemetry company)</li> <li id="s1"><a href="https://dissenter.com/about/privacy-policy">Dissenter Privacy Policy</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190516235423/https://dissenter.com/about/privacy-policy">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.fo/A6AgI">[archive.fo]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/KTY4t?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<li>FontAwesome</li> </ol>
<li>Cloudflare</li> </div>
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<center> <b>This article was last edited on 8/17/2021</b>
<p> <p>If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>.</p>
This happens every time the extension is opened. <p>All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.</p>
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<h3>Opt-out telemetry</h3> </div>
<p>
Dissenter will send crash reports to Gab automatically. This is on by default and you have to opt-out.
</p>
<p><i>
"When Gab crashes, it creates a report that can be sent to us to help us fix whatever caused the problem. This report contains technical information about your computer system which is typically distinctive. You can choose whether to send us these reports. Even if you have chosen to send reports in the past, you can turn off future reports in settings. Crash reports may contain personal information."
</i> <sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup>.</p>
<h3>Dissenter bypasses its own tracker filter</h3>
<p>
Dissenter comes with its own content blocker called Shields that is meant to block trackers as you browse the web.
This content blocker can block requests made by regular websites, but it does not block content that
is loaded by the Dissenter extension. The Dissenter extension makes requests to trackers that would have been
blocked by its own filter- by it's <b><font color=yellow>own standards</font></b> Dissenter makes connections to
tracking websites that are not necessary and not private. The spyware site <code>googleads.g.doubleclick.net</code>
is correctly blocked by Shields when a normal website tries to access it, but this connection is not blocked when Dissenter accesses it...
This is an interesting double standard when it comes to privacy.
</p>
<img class="screenshot" src="../images/sheilds_blocking.png">
<hr>
<h2>Inherent issues with Dissenter</h2>
<p>
Dissenter has the inherent problem that it associates the web pages you have visited with the discussions you are having or trying to have.
If you want to check an article's comments on Dissenter, you have to tell Gab that you visited that article. This gives Gab a very good profile
of what sites you visit and what articles you read. Currently, alternatives exist to this model that are already in place. For example, you can
create a thread on an Imageboard, Reddit-like website, or other web forum format, which sets an archived link to the article as the topic of discussion.
This format is much more private because the parties involved have much less information about what their users did. The news website has no
idea who read its article, because the traffic went to the archival service. The forum that you can freely comment on also doesn't know what
articles you looked at or what discussions you tried to have. If we only consider privacy, this method is a somewhat better way of achieving this goal.
</p>
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<h2>Sources</h2>
<p>
<a name="1">1.</a>
<a href="https://dissenter.com/about/privacy-policy">Dissenter Privacy Policy</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190516235423/https://dissenter.com/about/privacy-policy">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.fo/A6AgI">[archive.fo]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/KTY4t?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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This article was last edited on 8/17/2021
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<p> <h1>DuckDuckGo</h1>
DuckDuckGo is a search engine created by Gabriel Weinberg and owned by Duck Duck Go, Inc. <p>DuckDuckGo is a search engine created by Gabriel Weinberg and owned by Duck Duck Go, Inc.</p>
</p> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellowgreen">Possible Spyware</span></h2>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellowgreen">Possible Spyware</span></h2> <p>DuckDuckGo is a search engine that claims to protect the privacy of its users.<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup> Since this a centralized service, there is no way to prove that it isn't spyware just by looking at the technology that it uses. There are some red flags that could cause you to doubt that this service is truly private, and so this article will just list them here to help you decide on whether or not to use this service. Ultimately there isn't proof that DuckDuckGo is spyware- but a few reasons to suspect it of being spyware. Even though, it's worth noting that DuckDuckGo <b><span class="lime">offers an onion domain</span></b>... so you don't need to trust it to use it as long as you access it through TOR.</p>
<p> <h3>DuckDuckGo is hosted in the USA</h3>
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that claims to protect the privacy of its users.<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup> Since this a centralized service, there is no way to prove that it isn't spyware just by <p>Since the US Government has been known to compromise services similar to DuckDuckGo, it's reasonable to fear that it might compromise DuckDuckGo.<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup><sup><a href="#3">[3]</a></sup> We don't know if DuckDuckGo has been compromised by the US Government, but we do know that it is not a difficult task for the US Government to do that.</p>
looking at the technology that it uses. There are some red flags that could cause you to doubt that this service is truly private, and so this article will just list them <h3>DuckDuckGo has violated its privacy policy in the past</h3>
here to help you decide on whether or not to use this service. Ultimately there isn't proof that DuckDuckGo is spyware- but a few reasons to suspect it of being spyware. Even though, it's worth noting that <p>DuckDuckGo is not consistent with its privacy policy and has directly violated it before.<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup> If a service cannot follow its own privacy policy, then you can't expect it to protect your privacy.</p>
DuckDuckGo <b><span class="lime">offers an onion domain</span></b>... so you don't need to trust it to use it as long as you access it through TOR. <h3>Tracking pixels and other spyware</h3>
</p> <p>DuckDuckGo uses clear gifs from the domain <code>improving.duckduckgo.com</code>. This is a tracking technique and can be used to collect analytics about your web browser. Whenever you use DuckDuckGo, several requests will be sent to this domain.<sup><a href="#4">[4]</a></sup> This is of course not the kind of behavior that you would expect from a privacy concerned website, but there it is. Do you trust DuckDuckGo to collect "anonymous" analytics about you?</p>
<h3>DuckDuckGo is hosted in the USA</h3> </div>
<p> <hr/>
Since the US Government has been known to compromise services similar to DuckDuckGo, it's reasonable to fear that it might compromise DuckDuckGo.<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup><sup><a href="#3">[3]</a></sup> We don't know if DuckDuckGo has <div class="footer">
been compromised by the US Government, but we do know that it is not a difficult task for the US Government to do that. <div class="futher">
</p> <h4>Further Reading</h4>
<h3>DuckDuckGo has violated its privacy policy in the past</h3> <ol>
<p> <li><a href="https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">/tech/ FAQs — DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180613130204/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20150624075735/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[archive.is]</a> <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6i47Oqe9i">[www.webcitation.org]</a></li>
DuckDuckGo is not consistent with its privacy policy and has directly violated it before.<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup> If a service cannot follow its own privacy policy, then you can't expect it to protect </ol>
your privacy. </div>
</p> <hr/>
<h3>Tracking pixels and other spyware</h3> <div class="sources">
<p> <h4>Sources</h4>
DuckDuckGo uses clear gifs from the domain <code>improving.duckduckgo.com</code>. This is a tracking technique and can be used to collect analytics about your web browser. <ol>
Whenever you use DuckDuckGo, several requests will be sent to this domain.<sup><a href="#4">[4]</a></sup> This is of course not the kind of behavior that you would expect from a privacy concerned website, but there it is. Do you trust DuckDuckGo to collect "anonymous" analytics about you? <li id="s1"><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/privacy">DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy</a> <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6HQhjFsqo">[www.webcitation.org]</a> <a href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20150815202623/https://duckduckgo.com//privacy">[arquivo.pt]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/Pw6og">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RYN5U?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
</p> <li id="s2"><a href="http://www.alexanderhanff.com/duckduckgone">Still trust DuckDuckGo? (dead link)</a> <a href="https://archive.is/qntuk#selection-227.0-243.124">[archive.is]</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20160224072914/https://archive.is/qntuk">[web.archive.org]</a></li>
<hr/> <li id="s3"><a href="../translations/duckduckgo_article.html">DuckDuckGo: The mistaken belief of the NSA-safe search engine</a>*</li>
<center> <li id="s4"><a href="https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/atb/">Site Improvements</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180909162803/https://duck.co/help/privacy/atb">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/c2dTU?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<h2>Further Reading</h2> </ol>
<p> </div>
<a href="https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">/tech/ FAQs — DuckDuckGo</a> <hr/>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180613130204/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <b>
<a href="http://archive.is/20150624075735/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[archive.is]</a> This article was last edited on 8/17/2021
<a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6i47Oqe9i">[www.webcitation.org]</a><br/> </b>
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<h2>Sources</h2> </b>
<p> <p>If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>.</p>
<a name="1">1.</a> <p>All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.</p>
<a href="https://duckduckgo.com/privacy">DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy</a> <a href="../LICENSE.txt"><img class="icon" src="../images/cc0.png" alt="CC0 License"/></a>
<a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6HQhjFsqo">[www.webcitation.org]</a> </div>
<a href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20150815202623/https://duckduckgo.com//privacy">[arquivo.pt]</a> </div>
<a href="https://archive.is/Pw6og">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/RYN5U?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br/>
<a name="2">2.</a>
<a href="http://www.alexanderhanff.com/duckduckgone">Still trust DuckDuckGo? (dead link)</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/qntuk#selection-227.0-243.124">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20160224072914/https://archive.is/qntuk">[web.archive.org]</a>
<br/>
<a name="3">3.</a>
<a href="/translations/duckduckgo_article.html">DuckDuckGo: The mistaken belief of the NSA-safe search engine</a>*
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<a name="4">4.</a>
<a href="https://help.duckduckgo.com/privacy/atb/">Site Improvements</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180909162803/https://duck.co/help/privacy/atb">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/c2dTU?kreymer=true">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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*This is a machine-translated mirror of an article written in German hosted here. Links to the original article can be found on that page.
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<h1>DuckDuckGo</h1> <div class="main">
<p>DuckDuckGo es un motor de busqueda creado por Gabriel Weinberg y mantenido or Duck Duck Go, inc</p> <div class="nav"><a href="index.html">&larr; Catalog</a></div>
<h3>Nivel de spyware: <font color=greenyellow>Posiblemente spyware</font></h3> <img src="../images/ddg_logo.png" alt="DuckDuckGo Logo"/>
<p>DuckDuckGo es un motor de busqueda que jura proteger la privacidad de sus usuarios <sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup>debido a que es un servicio sentralizado, no es posible saber si es spyware viendo la tecnologia que usa. hay algunos avisos para dudar si es realmente privado. Este artículo es solo para hacerte decidir si usar o no este servicio. Ultimamente no hay prueba de que DuckDuckGo es spyware. Pero hay algunas razones para sospechar de ser spyware, de todas formas, esta bien saber de que DuckDuckGo <b><font color=lime>Ofrece un dominio onion</font></b> asi que no debes dudar en usarlo si estás en TOR</p> <h1>DuckDuckGo</h1>
<h3>DuckDuckGo está alojado en Estados Unidos</h3> <p>DuckDuckGo es un motor de busqueda creado por Gabriel Weinberg y mantenido or Duck Duck Go, inc</p>
<p>Desde que el gobierno de Estados Unidos manipula servicios similares a DuckDuckGo, Es posible que tambien haya manipulado a DuckDuckgo<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a><a href="#3">[3]</a></sup> Nosotros no sabemos si DuckDuckGo ha sido manipulado por el Gobierno de EEUU, pero si sabemos que es fácil para ellos hacerlo</p> <h3>Nivel de spyware: <span class="greenyellow">Posiblemente spyware</span></h3>
<h3 style="color:red;">DuckDuckGo ha violado su política de privacidad en el pasado</h3> <p>DuckDuckGo es un motor de busqueda que jura proteger la privacidad de sus usuarios <sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>debido a que es un servicio sentralizado, no es posible saber si es spyware viendo la tecnologia que usa. hay algunos avisos para dudar si es realmente privado. Este artículo es solo para hacerte decidir si usar o no este servicio. Ultimamente no hay prueba de que DuckDuckGo es spyware. Pero hay algunas razones para sospechar de ser spyware, de todas formas, esta bien saber de que DuckDuckGo <b><span class="lime">Ofrece un dominio onion</span></b> asi que no debes dudar en usarlo si estás en TOR</p>
<p>Se sabe que DuckDuckGo no ha cumplido con su política de privacidad en el pasado <sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup>Si un servicio no puede seguir su propia política de privacidad, entonces no puedes esperar que protegan tu privacidad</p><h3>Seguimiento de pixeles y otro spyware</h3> <h3>DuckDuckGo está alojado en Estados Unidos</h3>
<p>DuckDuckGo usa gifs en blanco para el dominio improving.duckduckgo.com esta es una técnica de seguimiento que puede ser usada para recolectar estadísticas de tu navegador. En cualquier caso, si usas DuckDuckGo enviara varias peticiones a ese dominio<sup><a href="#4">[4]</a></sup>Esto no es, por supuesto, el tipo de comportamiento que esperas de un servicio que jura proteger tu privacidad</p> <p>Desde que el gobierno de Estados Unidos manipula servicios similares a DuckDuckGo, Es posible que tambien haya manipulado a DuckDuckgo<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup> Nosotros no sabemos si DuckDuckGo ha sido manipulado por el Gobierno de EEUU, pero si sabemos que es fácil para ellos hacerlo</p>
<hr> <h3 style="color:red;">DuckDuckGo ha violado su política de privacidad en el pasado</h3>
<center> <p>Se sabe que DuckDuckGo no ha cumplido con su política de privacidad en el pasado <sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup>Si un servicio no puede seguir su propia política de privacidad, entonces no puedes esperar que protegan tu privacidad</p><h3>Seguimiento de pixeles y otro spyware</h3>
<h2>Mas</h2> <p>DuckDuckGo usa gifs en blanco para el dominio improving.duckduckgo.com esta es una técnica de seguimiento que puede ser usada para recolectar estadísticas de tu navegador. En cualquier caso, si usas DuckDuckGo enviara varias peticiones a ese dominio<sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup>Esto no es, por supuesto, el tipo de comportamiento que esperas de un servicio que jura proteger tu privacidad</p>
<p> </div>
<a href="https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">/tech/ FAQs — DuckDuckGo</a> <hr/>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180613130204/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <div class="footer">
<a href="http://archive.is/20150624075735/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[archive.is]</a> <div class="futher">
<a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6i47Oqe9i">[www.webcitation.org]</a><br> <h4>Mas</h4>
</p> <ol>
<li><a href="https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">/tech/ FAQs — DuckDuckGo</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180613130204/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/20150624075735/https://8ch.net/tech/ddg.html">[archive.is]</a> <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6i47Oqe9i">[www.webcitation.org]</a></li>
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<h2>Referencias</h2> </div>
<p> <hr/>
<a name="1">1.</a> <div class="sources">
<a href="https://duckduckgo.com/privacy">DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy</a> <h4>Referencias</h4>
<a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6HQhjFsqo">[www.webcitation.org]</a> <ol>
<a href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20150815202623/https://duckduckgo.com//privacy">[arquivo.pt]</a> <li id="s1"><a href="https://duckduckgo.com/privacy">DuckDuckGo Privacy Policy</a> <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/6HQhjFsqo">[www.webcitation.org]</a> <a href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20150815202623/https://duckduckgo.com//privacy">[arquivo.pt]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/Pw6og">[archive.is]</a></li>
<a href="https://archive.is/Pw6og">[archive.is]</a><br> <li id="s2"><a href="http://www.alexanderhanff.com/duckduckgone">Still trust DuckDuckGo? (dead link)</a> <a href="https://archive.is/qntuk#selection-227.0-243.124">[archive.is]</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20160224072914/https://archive.is/qntuk">[web.archive.org]</a></li>
<li id="s3"><a href="/translations/duckduckgo_article.html">DuckDuckGo: The mistaken belief of the NSA-safe search engine</a>*</li>
<a name="2">2.</a> <li id="s4"><a href="https://duck.co/help/privacy/atb">Site Improvements</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180909162803/https://duck.co/help/privacy/atb">[web.archive.org]</a></li>
<a href="http://www.alexanderhanff.com/duckduckgone">Still trust DuckDuckGo? (dead link)</a> </ol>
<a href="https://archive.is/qntuk#selection-227.0-243.124">[archive.is]</a> </div>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20160224072914/https://archive.is/qntuk">[web.archive.org]</a><br> <hr/>
<b>This article was translated on 1/15/2019</b>
<a name="3">3.</a> <br/>
<a href="/translations/duckduckgo_article.html">DuckDuckGo: The mistaken belief of the NSA-safe search engine</a>*<br> <b>This translation may become out of date. Compare dates with the english article.</b>
<p>If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>.</p>
<a name="4">4.</a> <p>All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.</p>
<a href="https://duck.co/help/privacy/atb">Site Improvements</a> <a href="../LICENSE.txt"><img class="icon" src="../images/cc0.png" alt="CC0 License"/></a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180909162803/https://duck.co/help/privacy/atb">[web.archive.org]</a><br> </div>
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<img src="../images/ie_logo.png" alt="Internet Explorer Logo"/> <h1>Internet Explorer</h1>
<h1>Internet Explorer</h1> <p>Internet Explorer is a Web Browser distributed by Microsoft with most versions of the Microsoft Windows Operating system.</p>
<p> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2>
Internet Explorer is a Web Browser distributed by Microsoft with most versions of the Microsoft Windows Operating system. <p>Internet Explorer contains many serious spyware features, however all of these features appear to be "opt-out" features. It is not verified whether or not opting out will actually disable all of these features, or if there are other spyware features that are not known which cannot be opted out of. Internet Explorer can record your search history and location, and report that information to Microsoft. Internet Explorer is not the worst spyware, but it is still loaded with spyware features that can mine serious information from users.</p>
</p> <h3>Internet Explorer does not have available source code</h3>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="red">EXTREMELY HIGH</span></h2> <p>Internet Explorer cannot be built from available source code. This means that it is impossible to prove that it is not a spyware program or that it does not have unknown spyware features inside of it.</p>
<p> <h3>Internet Explorer is self-updating software</h3>
Internet Explorer contains many serious spyware features, however all of these features appear to be "opt-out" features. It is not verified whether or not opting out will actually disable all of these features, or if there are other spyware features that are not known which cannot be opted out of. Internet Explorer can record your search history and location, and report that information to Microsoft. Internet Explorer is not the worst spyware, but it is still loaded with spyware features that can mine serious information from users. <p>Internet Explorer can be updated through spyware programs such as Windows Update<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>. Automatic software updates are a spyware feature because they cannot be verified to be non-spyware by the user. Luckily, this spyware feature is opt-out and can be turned off.</p>
</p> <h3>Internet Explorer sends your search history to Microsoft</h3>
<h3>Internet Explorer does not have available source code</h3> <p>Internet Explorer contains a spyware feature called "flip ahead"<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>. Flip ahead will periodically send your browsing history to Microsoft. This spyware feature is opt-out and can be disabled. Microsoft claims that the information it receives is encrypted to protect user privacy and sanitized to prevent personal information from being stored. This is unverifiable. Microsoft confirms that it does use the information obtained from flip ahead to build statistical models of your browsing habits. Other spyware features such as "Smartscreen filter", and "Suggested Sites" also confirm that they send your internet history to Microsoft.</p>
<p> <h3>Internet Explorer can track your location</h3>
Internet Explorer cannot be built from available source code. This means that it is impossible to prove that it is not a spyware program or that it does not have unknown spyware features inside of it. <p>Internet Explorer has the spyware feature commonly referred to as "location services", which is a feature that allows it to track the location of the user. The privacy statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> explains that your location is obtained through a "Microsoft Location Service". Which means that your location is sent to a Microsoft server. Microsoft does not elaborate on what it does with this data or whether it stores this data. This spyware feature is opt-out.</p>
</p> <h3>Internet Explorer has an anti-privacy search engine by default</h3>
<h3>Internet Explorer is self-updating software</h3> <p>The default search engine is <a href="../articles/bing.html">Bing</a> which datamines its users and sells that information to advertisers.</p>
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Internet Explorer can be updated through spyware programs such as Windows Update<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>. Automatic software updates are a spyware feature because they cannot be verified to be non-spyware by the user. Luckily, this spyware feature is opt-out and can be turned off. <hr/>
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<h3>Internet Explorer sends your search history to Microsoft</h3> <div class="sources">
<p> <h4>Sources:</h4>
Internet Explorer contains a spyware feature called "flip ahead"<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>. Flip ahead will periodically send your browsing history to Microsoft. This spyware feature is opt-out and can be disabled. Microsoft claims that the information it receives is encrypted to protect user privacy and sanitized to prevent personal information from being stored. This is unverifiable. Microsoft confirms that it does use the information obtained from flip ahead to build statistical models of your browsing habits. Other spyware features such as "Smartscreen filter", and "Suggested Sites" also confirm that they send your internet history to Microsoft. <ol>
</p> <li id="s1"><a href="https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/ie10-win8-privacy-statement">Internet Explorer 10 privacy statement</a> <a href="http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20160915190335/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/ie10-win8-privacy-statement">[webarchive.loc.gov]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180509170237/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/ie10-win8-privacy-statement">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/EnsRH">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/rOXJC?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<h3>Internet Explorer can track your location</h3> </ol>
<p> </div>
Internet Explorer has the spyware feature commonly referred to as "location services", which is a feature that allows it to track the location of the user. The privacy statement<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup> explains that your location is obtained through a "Microsoft Location Service". Which means that your location is sent to a Microsoft server. Microsoft does not elaborate on what it does with this data or whether it stores this data. This spyware feature is opt-out. <hr/>
</p> <b>This article was last edited on 08/17/2021</b>
<h3>Internet Explorer has an anti-privacy search engine by default</h3> <p>If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>.</p>
<p>The default search engine is <a href="../articles/bing.html">Bing</a> which datamines its users and sells that information to advertisers.</p> <p>All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.</p>
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<li id="s1"><a href="https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/ie10-win8-privacy-statement">Internet Explorer 10 privacy statement</a>
<a href="http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20160915190335/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/ie10-win8-privacy-statement">[webarchive.loc.gov]</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180509170237/https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/ie10-win8-privacy-statement">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/EnsRH">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/rOXJC?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
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</p> <h1>Falkon</h1>
<h2>Spyware Level: <font color=lightgreen>Probably Not Spyware</font></h2> <p>Falkon is a KDE web browser using QtWebEngine rendering engine, previously known as QupZilla.</p>
<p> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="lightgreen">Probably Not Spyware</span></h2>
When another contributor tested this browser on Linux, it made <font color=lime><b>no unsolicited connections.</b></font> When I ran it on Windows, it connected to <p>When another contributor tested this browser on Linux, it made <span class="lime"><b>no unsolicited connections.</b></span> When I ran it on Windows, it connected to a domain unrelated to the homepage (DuckDuckGo). But, i'm not sure what it was for, and it wasn't reproduced on Linux. This browser is probably fine, but you should run your own tests and email me about what you found or didn't find.</p>
a domain unrelated to the homepage (DuckDuckGo). But, i'm not sure what it was for, and it wasn't reproduced on Linux. This browser is probably fine, but <h3>Phoning Home?</h3>
you should run your own tests and email me about what you found or didn't find. <p>On the first run of Falkon, using the 32-bit Windows version, it connected to these addresses, even though I was on its homepage, which seems to be locally stored because it does not create any requests when I go to it normally. I don't know what these are for. Maybe it's a form of phoning home? The first IP is for the domain: github.map.fastly.net which seems to be part of a CDN.</p>
</p> <img class="screenshot" src="../images/falkon_firstrun.png" alt="Is Falkon phoning home?"/>
<h3>Phoning Home?</h3> </div>
<p> <hr/>
On the first run of Falkon, using the 32-bit Windows version, it connected to these addresses, even though I was on its homepage, which seems to be <div class="footer">
locally stored because it does not create any requests when I go to it normally. I don't know what these are for. <b>This article was last edited on 8/24/2018</b>
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Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular and longest existing <img src="../images/firefox_logo3.png" alt="Firefox logo"/>
browsers. Its developers have earned it a reputation for being a "privacy and security-based browser, respecting the user" — but is it justified, or just marketing? In fact, over the years they have made several anti-privacy (and generally anti-user) decisions, but this article will focus exclusively on spying. Version tested: 52.5.0, with the default settings. Program used for testing requests: Mitmproxy. <h1>Mozilla Firefox</h1>
</p> <p>Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular and longest existing browsers. Its developers have earned it a reputation for being a "privacy and security-based browser, respecting the user" — but is it justified, or just marketing? In fact, over the years they have made several anti-privacy (and generally anti-user) decisions, but this article will focus exclusively on spying. Version tested: 52.5.0, with the default settings. Program used for testing requests: Mitmproxy.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <font color=orange>High</font></h2> <h2>Spyware Level: <span class="orange">High</span></h2>
<p> <p>After following the <a href="../guides/firefox.html">mitigation guide</a>, this software is <span class="lime"><b>Not Spyware</b></span>.</p>
After following the <a href="../guides/firefox.html">mitigation guide</a>, this software is <font color=lime><b>Not Spyware</b></font>. <p>It sends a lot of different data very often (some of which could uniquely identify you). All the "services" that it provides, such as its default search engines and Pocket, are anti-privacy. The rating isn't higher because at least you can turn off or modify most of it, though it often requires diving deep into about:config.</p>
</p> <h3>Phoning home</h3>
<p>It sends a lot of different data very often (some of which could <p>Whenever you start Firefox, it makes this request:</p>
uniquely identify you). All the "services" that it provides, such as <img class="screenshot" src="../images/request.png" alt="Request"/>
its default search engines and Pocket, are anti-privacy. The rating isn't higher <p> In fact, it makes it every time you go to a website, and even a few times in a row for a single website. So Firefox "phones home" all the time, without your knowledge. <b><span class="orange">Can be disabled ONLY in about:config</span></b>. But, since you've already started Firefox, it will make this request at least once.</p>
because at least you can turn off or modify most of it, though <h3>Automatic connections to some websites you've visited, including their trackers</h3>
it often requires diving deep into about:config.</p> <p>Websites you visit most often are added to the New Tab panel. When you then open a new tab, Firefox will sometimes make requests to the sites in there, including some of their trackers. I haven't determined how it works yet. Sometimes it doesn't make the requests at all; other times you end up with hundreds of images, scripts, trackers, etc. loaded simply because you opened a new tab (without visiting any website explicitly). <b><span class="red">Was NOT able to find a way to disable this</span></b>, even in about:config.
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<h3>Phoning home</h3> <h3>Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics</h3>
<p> <p>Firefox has been integrated with the spyware platform called "Google Analytics"<sup><a href="#s1">[1]</a></sup>. Firefox has been confirmed to now send analytics to Google. According to a Firefox developer the spyware in Firefox is "extremely useful to us and we have already weighed the cost/benefit of using tracking." and that Firefox will not remove Google Analytics support entirely. Firefox's position on privacy is made very clear with this quote:</p>
Whenever you start Firefox, it makes this request: <br><img class="screenshot" src="../images/request.png"><br> In fact, it makes it every time you go to a website, and even a few times in a row for a single website. So Firefox "phones home" all the time, without your knowledge. <b><font color=orange>Can be disabled ONLY in about:config</font></b>. But, since you've already started Firefox, it will make this request at least once. <p><i>"Wanted to address your position though: We don't give the "data directly to Google". See the discussion here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=858839. The short version is: tl;dr: We now have an option to opt-out of Google doing anything with the data that Google Analytics collections on Mozilla websites. GA tracking is anonymous and at the aggregate level and we use it to improve the experience of our websites. We are collecting aggregate and non-identifiable data in numbers to ensure our development/UX changes are met well. We can respect privacy and still have analytics; in fact Mozilla's aim is for an experience that values user privacy and usability (I'd say Apple also wants UX that fits that mold, as an example). We need some data, anonymized and aggregated, to do this."</i></p>
</p> <p>The best takeaway to this is that Mozilla wants to pretend that including spyware in their program is somehow not a breach of privacy, and that Firefox could possibly be respecting user privacy while simultaneously collecting data on users and sending it to Google. It's strongly suggested reading the GitHub thread and the further anti-privacy statements the Mozilla employee makes while defending the spyware features in Firefox. It's very dangerous to assert that there is somehow a middle ground between respecting user privacy and datamining the user.</p>
<h3>"Safe" Browsing?</h3>
<h3>Automatic connections to some websites you've visited, including their trackers</h3> <p>Allegedly used to protect you from "phishing" websites, but in the end, it makes a bunch of requests to Google every 30 minutes (according to Mozilla), including a POST request with your Firefox version and a unique, persistent, hidden cookie. Since whenever the current URL matches an entry in the cached local blacklist a request is made to Google servers, ostensibly to test whether that website is still on the master online blacklist, it allows Google to monitor specific websites transparently to the user by putting the URLs of interest on the local but not the online blacklist. <b><span class="orange">Can be disabled ONLY in about:config</span></b>.</p>
<p> <img class="screenshot" src="../images/safe_browsing.png" alt="Safe browsing"/>
Websites you visit most often are added to the New Tab panel. When you then open a new tab, Firefox will sometimes make requests to the sites in there, including some of their trackers. I haven't determined how it works yet. Sometimes it doesn't make the requests at all; other times you end up with hundreds of images, scripts, trackers, etc. loaded simply because you opened a new tab (without visiting any website explicitly). <h3>Firefox Health Report</h3>
<b><font color=red>Was NOT able to find a way to disable this</font></b>, even in about:config. <p>From the horse's mouth: "For example, FHR sends data to Mozilla on things like: operating system, PC/Mac, number of processors, Firefox version, the number and type of add-ons. The data collected by FHR is tied to a Document ID that corresponds to a browser installation (explained above in question #4) so that the data can be correlated across a limited window of time."<sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup> Also, according to Mozilla, new versions of Firefox will also collect telemetry data by default. <b><span class="lime">Can be disabled through the GUI.</span></b></p>
</p> <h3>Anti-privacy search engines by default</h3>
<p>Old versions of Firefox had Google as the default search engine, which is obviously anti-privacy. For example, from their privacy policy: "When you use our services or view content provided by Google, we automatically collect and store certain information in server logs. This includes: details of how you used our service, such as your search queries.". Then, it was Yahoo, which isn't better: "The Yahoo Search History tool allows you to see what you've searched for in the past. ". So it saves all your searches. And deleting does nothing: "Even if you clear your past searches or turn the Search History tool off, Yahoo still collects and stores search user log data when you use Yahoo Search technology." Firefox 57 is going back to Google again. If they really cared about your privacy, the default search engine would be StartPage (which gives the same results as Google, but anonymized) or DuckDuckGo. <b><span class="lime">Can be changed through the GUI.</span></b></p>
<h3>Firefox tracks users with Google Analytics</h3> <h3>Pocket — a privacy nightmare</h3>
<p> <p>Firefox has a Pocket button in its navigation bar, which allows you to "save any article, video or page from Firefox" and "View in Pocket on any device, any time." Let's see how it looks in terms of privacy — quoting from Pocket's privacy policy<sup><a href="#s3">[3]</a></sup>: "In addition to the information that you provide to us when you register for a user account, we collect information about the URLs, titles and content of the web pages and other information you save to Pocket." So everything you conveniently put in "your" Pocket is being stored (of course, otherwise Pocket wouldn't work). "The types of information we collect includes your browser type, device type, device id, time zone, language, and other information related to the manner in which you access the Pocket Technologies. " So anytime you view a file in "your" Pocket, they know everything about the device you used to do it. "We may also use "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means (individually or collectively "Pixel Tags") in connection with emails that we send to our users in order to collect usage data." So, they are acting like any old tracking website, even in ways that have nothing to do with their functionality. "We may also share your device ID with third parties in connection with advertising campaigns. " And they work with advertisers too! Describing all of Pocket's violations would take up this whole article. There are similar services with better privacy policies, but in the end, they still store the things you view in "the cloud". A real privacy-based browser would not be integrated with them by default. <span class="yellow"> <b>Can be disabled in about:config</b></span><sup><a href="#s8">[8]</a></sup></p>
Firefox has been integrated with the spyware platform called "Google Analytics"<sup><a href="#1">[1]</a></sup>. Firefox has been confirmed to now send analytics to Google. According to a Firefox developer the spyware in Firefox is "extremely useful to us and we have already weighed the cost/benefit of using tracking." and that Firefox will not remove Google Analytics support entirely. Firefox's position on privacy is made very clear with this quote: <h3>Automatic updates</h3>
</p> <p>Not that bad compared to all of the above, I guess — but still installs something without your consent, with possible new privacy nightmares in there. There is no excuse to at least not make "Check for updates, but let me choose whether to install them" the default — it would still give the security benefit, but not take control away from the user. <b><span class="lime">Can be disabled through the GUI.</span></b></p>
<p><i>"Wanted to address your position though: <h3>Other issues</h3>
<p>Firefox also sometimes makes a request to "self-repair.mozilla.org" which looks like this:</p>
We don't give the "data directly to Google". See the discussion here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=858839. The short version is: <img class="screenshot" src="../images/self_repair.png" alt="self-repair.mozilla.org"/>
<p>It includes "optimizelyEndUserID" which probably means it <b>uniquely identifies you. </b><b><span class="orange">Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.</span></b><sup><a href="#s7">[7]</a></sup></p>
tl;dr: We now have an option to opt-out of Google doing anything with the data that Google Analytics collections on Mozilla websites. GA tracking is anonymous and at the aggregate level and we use it to improve the experience of our websites. <p>It also makes this request every time you open the default home page:</p>
We are collecting aggregate and non-identifiable data in numbers to ensure our development/UX changes are met well. We can respect privacy and still have analytics; in fact Mozilla's aim is for an experience that values user privacy and usability (I'd say Apple also wants UX that fits that mold, as an example). We need some data, anonymized and aggregated, to do this. <img class="screenshot" src="../images/request2.png" alt="request2"/>
"</i></p> <p>The number after the Firefox version is, again, <b>uniquely identifying</b><sup><a href="#s4">[4]</a></sup><b><span class="orange"> Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.</span></b></p>
<p> <p>Firefox has a file with list of blocked addons that it considers "malicious" and it makes a request to update it every day (even if you don't have any addons installed).</p>
The best takeaway to this is that Mozilla wants to pretend that including spyware in their program is somehow not a breach of privacy, and that Firefox could possibly be respecting user privacy while simultaneously collecting data on users and sending it to Google. It's strongly suggested reading the GitHub thread and the further anti-privacy statements the Mozilla employee makes while defending the spyware features in Firefox. It's very dangerous to assert that there is somehow a middle ground between respecting user privacy and datamining the user. <img class="screenshot" src ="../images/blocklist.png" alt="Blocklist"/>
</p> <p>The request includes a <b>uniquely identifying</b> browser installation ID. <b><span class="orange">Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.</span></b></p>
<h3>"Safe" Browsing?</h3> <h3>Firefox phones home about almost every single interaction you have with its UI</h3>
<p> <p>Firefox will send information about almost every basic operation that you do back to Mozilla. This is tagged with a unique client ID and an ID for your current session, and any relevant information related to this action. <b><span class="red">By default, the following uses of the UI are reported to Mozilla<sup><a href="#s5">[5]</a></sup>:</span></b></p>
Allegedly used to protect you from "phishing" websites, but in the end, it makes a bunch of requests to Google every 30 minutes (according to Mozilla), including a POST request with your Firefox version and a unique, persistent, hidden cookie. Since whenever the current URL matches an entry in the cached local blacklist a request is made to Google servers, ostensibly to test whether that website is still on the master online blacklist, it allows Google to monitor specific websites transparently to the user by putting the URLs of interest on the local but not the online blacklist. <b><font color=orange>Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.</font></b> <ul>
<br><img class="screenshot" src="../images/safe_browsing.png"> <li>Performing a search</li>
</p> <li>Clicking a top site item</li>
<li>Deleting an item from history</li>
<h3>Firefox Health Report</h3> <li>Blocking a site</li>
<p> <li>Bookmarking a link</li>
From the horse's mouth: "For example, FHR sends data to Mozilla on things like: operating system, PC/Mac, number of processors, Firefox version, the number and type of add-ons. The data collected by FHR is tied to a Document ID that corresponds to a browser installation (explained above in question #4) so that the data can be correlated across a limited window of time."<sup><a href="#2">[2]</a></sup> Also, according to Mozilla, new versions of Firefox will also collect telemetry data by default. <b><font color=lime>Can be disabled through the GUI.</font></b> <li>Removing a bookmark from a link</li>
</p> <li>Opening a link in a new window</li>
<li>Opening a link in a new private window</li>
<h3>Anti-privacy search engines by default</h3> <li>Opening the new tab preferences pane</li>
<p>Old versions of Firefox had Google as the default search engine, <li>Closing the new tab preferences pane</li>
which is obviously anti-privacy. For example, from their privacy <li>Acknowledging a section disclaimer</li>
policy: "When you use our <li>Adding or editing a new TopSite</li>
services or view content provided by Google, we automatically collect <li>Requesting a custom screenshot preview</li>
and store certain information in server logs. This includes: details <li>Session end</li>
of how you used our service, such as your search queries.". Then, it <li>Impression stats</li>
was Yahoo, which isn't better: "The Yahoo Search History tool allows <li>Click/block/save_to_pocket ping</li>
you to see what you've searched for in the past. ". So it saves all <li>Addon initialization failure</li>
your searches. And deleting does nothing: "Even if you clear your <li>Domain affinity calculation</li>
past searches or turn the Search History tool off, Yahoo still </ul>
collects and stores search user log data when you use Yahoo Search <p>Essentially, while this feature doesn't broadcast your search history to Mozilla, it proves an incredibly detailed walkthrough of exactly how you use Firefox's user interface. This can be disabled and is an opt-out spyware feature. You can disable it through the GUI as described here: <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/share-data-mozilla-help-improve-firefox">Share data with Mozilla to help improve Firefox</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181002204159/https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/share-data-mozilla-help-improve-firefox">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.fo/gkVeb">[archive.fo]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/lzNDJ?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></p>
technology." Firefox 57 is going back to Google again. If they really <h3>Whitelisting trackers</h3>
cared about your privacy, the default search engine would be <p>Mozilla has a feature called "Enhanced Tracking Protection". This feature's claimed goal is to protect the user from being tracked. This would be nice if Mozilla didn't whitelist a massive list of domains<sup><a href="#s9">[9]</a></sup>.</p>
StartPage (which gives the same results as Google, but anonymized) or <h3>Mitigating Firefox Spyware</h3>
DuckDuckGo. <b><font color=lime>Can be changed through the GUI.</font></b> <p>This review is also accompanied by a page about how to configure Firefox to be more privacy respecting, and links to other projects that have been created to solve this problem. You can read about that <a href="../guides/firefox.html">here.</a> These are some of the flags in about:config mentioned earlier in the article, and the values that they should be set too:</p>
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<th>Spyware Feature</th>
<h3>Pocket — a privacy nightmare</h3> <th>about:config flag</th>
<p> <th>about:config value</th>
Firefox has a Pocket button in its navigation bar, which allows you <th>Source</th>
to "save any article, video or page from Firefox" and "View in Pocket </tr>
on any device, any time." Let's see how it looks in terms of privacy <tr>
— quoting from Pocket's privacy policy<sup><a href="#3">[3]</a></sup>: <td>Phoning home</td>
<td>network.captive-portal-service.enabled</td>
"In addition to the information that you provide to us when you <td>False</td>
register for a user account, we collect information about the URLs, <td><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121">Turn off captive portal</a> <a href="https://archive.li/57xdG">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721175100/https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121">[web.archive.org]</a></td>
titles and content of the web pages and other information you save to </tr>
Pocket." So everything you conveniently put in "your" Pocket is <tr>
being stored (of course, otherwise Pocket wouldn't work). "The types <td>Self-Repair</td>
of information we collect includes your browser type, device type, <td>browser.selfsupport.url</td>
device id, time zone, language, and other information related to the <td>""</td>
manner in which you access the Pocket Technologies. " So anytime you <td><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1067502">How can I stop firefox from constantly connecting to self-repair.mozillia.org</a> <a href="https://archive.li/a17cN">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/LJbGO">[ghostarchive.org]</a></td>
view a file in "your" Pocket, they know everything about the device </tr>
you used to do it. "We may also use "pixel tags," "web beacons," <tr>
"clear GIFs" or similar means (individually or collectively "Pixel <td>Pocket</td>
Tags") in connection with emails that we send to our users in order <td>pocket.enabled</td>
to collect usage data." So, they are acting like any old tracking <td>False</td>
website, even in ways that have nothing to do with their <td><a href="https://help.getpocket.com/article/1025-disabling-pocket-in-firefox#firefox">Disable Pocket in Firefox</a> <a href="https://archive.li/mWBcp">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/uFyTF">[ghostarchive.org]</a></td>
functionality. "We may also share your device ID with third parties </tr>
in connection with advertising campaigns. " And they work with </table>
advertisers too! Describing all of Pocket's </div>
violations would take up this whole article. There are similar services with better privacy policies, but in the end, they still store the things you view in "the cloud". A real privacy-based browser would not be integrated with them by default. <font color=yellow> <b>Can be disabled in about:config</b></font><sup><a href="#8">[8]</a></sup> <hr/>
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<h3>Automatic updates</h3> <div class="futher">
<p> <h4>Further Reading</h4>
Not that bad compared to all of the above, I guess — but still <ol>
installs something without your consent, with possible new privacy <li><a href="https://jojo-website.neocities.org/privacy.html">firefox "about:config" settings</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180821224202/https://jojo-website.neocities.org/privacy.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="http://archive.is/eyzdE">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=UqkeZIPLY5M">Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection whitelists Google, Instagram... and Winamp?</a></li>
nightmares in there. There is no excuse to at least not make "Check for updates, but </ol>
let me choose whether to install them" the default — it would still </div>
give the security benefit, but not take control away from the user. <hr/>
<b><font color=lime>Can be disabled through the GUI.</font></b> <div class="sources">
</p> <h4>Sources</h4>
<ol>
<h3>Other issues</h3> <li id="s1"><a href="https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785">Google Analytics is used to track users</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180511002156/https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/hF6KB">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/4X56U?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a> <a href="https://via.hypothes.is/https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785">[via.hypothes.is]</a></li>
<p> <li id="s2"><a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/metrics/fhr-faq">FAQ for FHR</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180513014211/https://blog.mozilla.org/metrics/fhr-faq/">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/search?term=https://blog.mozilla.org/metrics/fhr-faq/">[ghostarchive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/No9Xo">[archive.li]</a></li>
Firefox also sometimes makes a request to "self-repair.mozilla.org" which looks like this: <li id="s3"><a href="https://getpocket.com/privacy?t=privacypolicy">Pocket Privacy Policy</a> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180410043925/https://getpocket.com/privacy?t=privacypolicy">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.is/dCa2m">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/69mcK?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<br><img class="screenshot" src="../images/self_repair.png"> <li id="s4"><a href="https://abouthome-snippets-service.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data_collection.html">Snippets Service Data Collection</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043926/https://abouthome-snippets-service.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data_collection.html">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/JDXjv">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/1Ad5D?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
It includes "optimizelyEndUserID" which probably means it <li id="s5"><a href="https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/blob/master/docs/v2-system-addon/data_events.md">Metrics we collect</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180530091900/https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/blob/master/docs/v2-system-addon/data_events.md">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/aK9Bx">[archive.li]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ty2Xt?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<b>uniquely identifies you. </b><b><font color=orange>Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.</font></b><sup><a href="#7">[7]</a></sup><br> <li id="s6"><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121">Turn off captive portal</a> <a href="https://archive.li/57xdG">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vErK3?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
It also makes this request every time you open the default home page: <li id="s7"><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1067502">How can I stop firefox from constantly connecting to self-repair.mozillia.org</a> <a href="https://archive.li/a17cN">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bHz3f?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
<img class="screenshot" src ="../images/request2.png"><br> <li id="s8"><a href="https://help.getpocket.com/article/1025-disabling-pocket-in-firefox#firefox">Disable Pocket in Firefox</a> <a href="https://archive.li/mWBcp">[archive.is]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/uFyTF">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
The number after the Firefox version is, again, <b>uniquely <li id="s9"><a href="https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/unblocked">List of whitelisted trackers</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200411051257/https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/unblocked">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/PLqhJ?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a></li>
identifying</b><sup><a href="#4">[4]</a></sup><b><font color=orange> Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.</font></b> </ol>
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Firefox has a file with list of blocked addons that it considers "malicious" and it makes a request to update it every day (even if you don't have any addons installed). <img class="screenshot" src ="../images/blocklist.png"> The request includes a <b>uniquely identifying</b> browser installation ID. <b><font color=orange>Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.</font></b> <hr/>
<b>This article was last edited on 08/17/2021</b>
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<h3>Firefox phones home about almost every single interaction you have with its UI</h3> <p>If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>.</p>
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Firefox will send information about almost every basic operation that you do back to Mozilla. This is tagged with a unique client ID and an ID for your current session, and any relevant information related to this action. <a href="../LICENSE.txt"><img class="icon" src="../images/cc0.png" alt="CC0 License"/></a>
<b><font color=red>By default, the following uses of the UI are reported to Mozilla<sup><a href="#5">[5]</a></sup>:</font></b> </div>
<ul> </div>
<li>Performing a search</li>
<li>Clicking a top site item</li>
<li>Deleting an item from history</li>
<li>Blocking a site</li>
<li>Bookmarking a link</li>
<li>Removing a bookmark from a link</li>
<li>Opening a link in a new window</li>
<li>Opening a link in a new private window</li>
<li>Opening the new tab preferences pane</li>
<li>Closing the new tab preferences pane</li>
<li>Acknowledging a section disclaimer</li>
<li>Adding or editing a new TopSite</li>
<li>Requesting a custom screenshot preview</li>
<li>Session end</li>
<li>Impression stats</li>
<li>Click/block/save_to_pocket ping</li>
<li>Addon initialization failure</li>
<li>Domain affinity calculation</li>
</ul>
<p>
Essentially, while this feature doesn't broadcast your search history to Mozilla, it proves an incredibly detailed walkthrough of exactly how you use Firefox's user interface. This can be disabled and is an opt-out spyware feature. You can disable it through the GUI as described here:
<a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/share-data-mozilla-help-improve-firefox">Share data with Mozilla to help improve Firefox</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20181002204159/https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/share-data-mozilla-help-improve-firefox">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="http://archive.fo/gkVeb">[archive.fo]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/lzNDJ?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</p>
<h3>Whitelisting trackers</h3>
<p>
Mozilla has a feature called "Enhanced Tracking Protection". This feature's claimed goal is to protect the user from being tracked.
This would be nice if Mozilla didn't whitelist a massive list of domains<sup><a href="#9">[9]</a></sup>.
</p>
<h3>Mitigating Firefox Spyware</h3>
<p>
This review is also accompanied by a page about how to configure Firefox to be more privacy respecting, and links to other projects that have been created to solve this
problem. You can read about that <a href="../guides/firefox.html">here.</a> These are some of the flags in about:config mentioned earlier in the article, and the values that
they should be set too:
</p>
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<tr>
<th>Spyware Feature</th>
<th>about:config flag</th>
<th>about:config value</th>
<th>Source</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Phoning home</td>
<td>network.captive-portal-service.enabled</td>
<td>False</td>
<td><a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121">Turn off captive portal</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/57xdG">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180721175100/https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121">[web.archive.org]</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Self-Repair</td>
<td>browser.selfsupport.url</td>
<td>""</td>
<td> <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1067502">How can I stop firefox from constantly connecting to self-repair.mozillia.org</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/a17cN">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/LJbGO">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pocket</td>
<td>pocket.enabled</td>
<td>False</td>
<td> <a href="https://help.getpocket.com/article/1025-disabling-pocket-in-firefox#firefox">Disable Pocket in Firefox</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/mWBcp">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/uFyTF">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
</td>
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<h2>Further Reading</h2>
<p>
<a href="https://jojo-website.neocities.org/privacy.html">firefox "about:config" settings</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180821224202/https://jojo-website.neocities.org/privacy.html">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="http://archive.is/eyzdE">[archive.is]</a><br>
<a href="https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=UqkeZIPLY5M">Firefox's Enhanced Tracking Protection whitelists Google, Instagram... and Winamp?</a>
</p>
<hr>
<h2>Credits</h2>
<p>
This article was originally written by <a href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/">digdeeper.neocities.org</a><br>
Formatting changes and some sections were written by the site maintainer.<br>
Other Anonymous contributors have added other sections and various changes to this article, as well.
</p>
<hr>
<h2>Sources</h2>
<p>
<a name="1">1.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785">Google Analytics is used to track users</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180511002156/https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/hF6KB">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/4X56U?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<a href="https://via.hypothes.is/https://github.com/mozilla/addons-frontend/issues/2785">[via.hypothes.is]</a><br>
<a name="2">2.</a>
<a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/metrics/fhr-faq">FAQ for FHR</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180513014211/https://blog.mozilla.org/metrics/fhr-faq/">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/search?term=https://blog.mozilla.org/metrics/fhr-faq/">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/No9Xo">[archive.li]</a><br>
<a name="3">3.</a>
<a href="https://getpocket.com/privacy?t=privacypolicy">Pocket Privacy Policy</a>
<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20180410043925/https://getpocket.com/privacy?t=privacypolicy">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.is/dCa2m">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/69mcK?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br>
<a name="4">4.</a>
<a href="https://abouthome-snippets-service.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data_collection.html">Snippets Service Data Collection</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180410043926/https://abouthome-snippets-service.readthedocs.io/en/latest/data_collection.html">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/JDXjv">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/1Ad5D?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br>
<a name="5">5.</a>
<a href="https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/blob/master/docs/v2-system-addon/data_events.md">Metrics we collect</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180530091900/https://github.com/mozilla/activity-stream/blob/master/docs/v2-system-addon/data_events.md">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/aK9Bx">[archive.li]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ty2Xt?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br>
<a name="6">6.</a>
<a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121">Turn off captive portal</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/57xdG">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vErK3?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br>
<a name="7">7.</a>
<a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1067502">How can I stop firefox from constantly connecting to self-repair.mozillia.org</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/a17cN">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bHz3f?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br>
<a name="8">8.</a>
<a href="https://help.getpocket.com/article/1025-disabling-pocket-in-firefox#firefox">Disable Pocket in Firefox</a>
<a href="https://archive.li/mWBcp">[archive.is]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/uFyTF">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br>
<a name="9">9.</a>
<a href="https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/unblocked">List of whitelisted trackers</a>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200411051257/https://disconnect.me/trackerprotection/unblocked">[web.archive.org]</a>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/PLqhJ?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a>
<br>
<hr>
<p><b>
This article was last edited on 08/17/2021
</b></p>
<p><b>
This article was created on 11/23/2017
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Google is an advertising company that produces and researches a huge amount of spyware products and services that permeate <img src="../images/google_logo.png" alt="Google logo"/>
the internet almost entirely. It is almost impossible for the naive user to use the internet without running into Google <h1>Google</h1>
spyware, as they have deployed products on almost every level of the user's interaction with the internet infrastructure. <p>Google is an advertising company that produces and researches a huge amount of spyware products and services that permeate the internet almost entirely. It is almost impossible for the naive user to use the internet without running into Google spyware, as they have deployed products on almost every level of the user's interaction with the internet infrastructure.</p>
</p> <h2>Technology</h2>
<h2>Technology</h2> <p>The following articles on this website have been written about technology created by Google:</p>
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The following articles on this website have been written about technology created by Google: <li><a href="../articles/chrome.html">Google Chrome</a></li>
</p> <li><a href="../articles/google_search.html">Google Search</a></li>
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<a href="../articles/chrome.html">Google Chrome</a><br> <h2>Privacy Statements and Policies</h2>
<a href="../articles/google_search.html">Google Search</a><br> <p>The following documents are an incomplete list of policies Google uses for its various products and services when concerning user privacy.</p>
<a href="../articles/youtube.html">YouTube</a><br> <ul>
</p> <li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Google Privacy policy</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181109075525/https://policies.google.com/privacy">[web.archive.org]</a> <a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/FFRlq?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]</a> <a href="http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20181009135133/https://policies.google.com/privacy">[wayback.vefsafn.is]</a> <a href="https://archive.li/U4mQP">[archive.li]</a></li>
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<h2>Privacy Statements and Policies</h2> </div>
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The following documents are an incomplete list of policies Google uses for its various products and <div class="futher">
services when concerning user privacy. <h4>Further Reading</h4>
</p> <ol>
<center> <li><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-newman/why-googles-spying-on-use_b_3530296.html">Why Google's Spying on User Data Is Worse than the NSA's</a></li>
<p> <li><a href="https://stallman.org/google.html">Reasons not to use Google</a></li>
<a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Google Privacy policy</a> </ol>
<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181109075525/https://policies.google.com/privacy">[web.archive.org]</a> </div>
<a href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/FFRlq?kreymer=false">[ghostarchive.org]/a> <hr/>
<a href="http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20181009135133/https://policies.google.com/privacy">[wayback.vefsafn.is]</a> <b>This article was last edited on 11/9/2018</b>
<a href="https://archive.li/U4mQP">[archive.li]</a><br> <p>If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>.</p>
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<h2>Further Reading</h2> <a href="../LICENSE.txt"><img class="icon" src="../images/cc0.png" alt="CC0 License"/></a>
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<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-newman/why-googles-spying-on-use_b_3530296.html">Why Google's Spying on User Data Is Worse than the NSA's</a><br> </div>
<a href="https://stallman.org/google.html">Reasons not to use Google</a><br>
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