The most dangerous and safest browser

For many people, the Internet has already become an integral part of life: it is both a source of information needed every day, and a means of communication with friends and acquaintances, and an indispensable tool for work. Everyone is looking on the global network for what he needs, but everyone needs browsers for this. Of course, I would like to use the most secure browser. But which of them is worthy of this high rank?



Browsers “grow”, develop - they become more reliable, easier and more convenient to use, they work faster. At the same time, they transmit certain information to the developers' servers, maybe necessary to improve the program, or maybe excessive and simply personal, not intended for prying eyes. Therefore, the safest browser should be not only the least vulnerable, but also spy on the user as little as possible.



Internet Explorer is one of the least vulnerable browsers. But even at the installation stage, he sends information about its use to the corporation server, and then data on how many times the program starts. And this is nothing, but also the creators of IE are interested in information about the processor, hard disk and RAM of the computer, the extension of programs, as well as encrypted code to identify the PC. And even if you know that the browser has this “statistics function” enabled by default, you cannot disable it.

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Google Chrome is a browser that does not lag behind and also informs its creators about a lot. He is "interested" in the addresses of web pages, the version number of the browser, search queries, addresses not found, as well as the version of DirectX and the Windows operating system installed on the PC, and other Google programs available on it, and IP addresses can be stored on its servers users. That is, the company is available everything from classified information on the VKontakte page to Internet banking data. This is hardly the safest browser. He “calls home” constantly, and you can only partially disable the transfer of personal data.

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Mozilla Firefox also broadcasts information to developers, but in small quantities. When this program crashes, it collects the necessary information for the company about the problems and compiles a Crash Report, which indicates the website with which the failure was associated, and a number that identifies the computer. Crash Report describes the hardware of the PC, and also reports which version of Windows is installed on it. All this does not happen “behind the back” of the user, but rather: in order for the Crash Report created by the program to go to the developers, you need to express your consent by clicking the mouse button, or you can refuse and not send it. You can also view it before sending it, although its content is clear and useful only for an experienced user. So this is probably the safest browserin the sense of the safety of personal data. On the other hand, from the point of view of vulnerability, it is one of the most “leaky”.
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Of course, even a secure browser cannot completely protect your computer from viruses, attacks and all kinds of unwanted injections: only a reliable and uninterruptedly working antivirus saves them.




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