Never ever trust anything from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta, X, TikTok for anything. Just don't use their software.
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- A new Surfshark study found that over 50% of the top 15 mobile browsers collect user location data.
- Microsoft Edge, Aloha, Yandex, and Phoenix collect precise location data, with Edge and Aloha openly sharing it with third parties.
- Privacy-focused browsers like Tor, Brave, and DuckDuckGo do not collect app-level location data, proving that continuous tracking isn't technically necessary.
proving that continuous tracking isn't technically necessary

Weird omission of Firefox.
That was OP, not the original post by rene
Four popular mobile browsers collect only your approximate location: Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox.
privacy-branded browsers like DuckDuckGo, Brave, Tor, and Ecosia, alongside Samsung Internet, UC Browser, and Mi Browser
What really?
This is a marketing post.
Right? Their “study” seems to have been reading the Google App Store and disclosures 😂
“The developer states…” honestly I barely trust apple anymore. I miss the days of human app reviews and a curated App Store. Gay Grandpa has sold us out, Jobs was an abusive narcissistic sociopath but I still miss him.
That's like "catching" a bird flying.
IT'S WHAT THEY DO. They don't know anything else!
The article talks about safari as well, so this doesn’t seem to be solely an android problem.
From memory, Android has a similar location precision setting, but I switched to iOS 2 years ago so I’m a bit hazy on that.
Reading the article, it sounds like the issue is more about how your data is used if you give your browser access to your precise location. Even if that access is allowed, not all browsers are sharing it. Edge and Aloha seem to be the only two which say they share your precise location.
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