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==Controversy==
==Controversy==
===Privacy===
===Privacy===
There is some concern that this browser tracks activity and reports it to [[Google]], much as [[Google]]'s online services and [[Android]] system do.<ref>https://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/4_ways_google_is_destroying_privacy_and_collecting_your_data_partner</ref> To protect their privacy, some people choose browser alternatives like [[Brave (web browser)|Brave]], [[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]], [[SRWare Iron]] or [[Slimjet]] instead, since they use the same engine but seem to offer better privacy.
There is some concern that this browser tracks activity and reports it to [[Google]], much as [[Google]]'s online services and [[Android]] system do.<ref>https://www.salon.com/2014/02/05/4_ways_google_is_destroying_privacy_and_collecting_your_data_partner</ref> This concern further increased when Google began adding [[FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts)|FLoC]] to their web browser, in spring 2021. To protect their privacy, some people choose browser alternatives like [[Brave (web browser)|Brave]], [[Vivaldi (web browser)|Vivaldi]], [[SRWare Iron]] or [[Slimjet]] instead, since they use the same engine but seem to offer better privacy.
===Politics===
===Politics===