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[[File:Browser.svg|thumb|100px]] What web browser do you use?
If you're like most people <ref>[[wp:Usage share of web browsers]]</ref>, you're using Google's '''Chrome''' browser. Not the worst choice. But Chrome is a Google proprietary product with no price attached. What that means, is that YOU are the product. By using no-price products/services, there is an inherent business model built-in whereby you are funding some revenue somewhere. Usually that means that your private data is the product which the vendor is monetizing. If you're using Chrome to Facebook, then you really don't care about privacy at all.
If you're using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, or Apple's Safari browser, you should definitely try an open source alternative.
== Open Source Browsers ==
Browsers such as Google's '''Chromium''' (the upstream for Chrome) or Mozilla Foundation's '''FireFox''' are open source. They offer much better features, privacy and control compared with the proprietary browsers. Still, there are plenty of reasons why these browsers don't go far enough to protect your privacy ''by default''. One open source option which does offer a good degree of privacy out of the box is also the ''oldest'' browser still in use today: the '''[http://lynx.invisible-island.net/ lynx]''' browser is a text-based browser. But, because it's text-based, you probably won't use it unless you're normally in front of a console.
== Privacy Enhanced ==
[[File:iridium-logo.png|320px|link=https://iridiumbrowser.de/]]
The Iridium browser is a fork of the Chromium project with many key differences that provide privacy ''by default'', and actually disables privacy-leaching aspects which are not exposed to the user in "settings". https://iridiumbrowser.de/
{{References}}
== Timeline of Web Browsers ==
Here is a [[wp:List of web browsers]] and a corresponding timeline
[[File:Timeline of web browsers.svg|500px|click to enlarge|thumb]]
[[Category:Privacy]]
[[Category:UI]]
If you're like most people <ref>[[wp:Usage share of web browsers]]</ref>, you're using Google's '''Chrome''' browser. Not the worst choice. But Chrome is a Google proprietary product with no price attached. What that means, is that YOU are the product. By using no-price products/services, there is an inherent business model built-in whereby you are funding some revenue somewhere. Usually that means that your private data is the product which the vendor is monetizing. If you're using Chrome to Facebook, then you really don't care about privacy at all.
If you're using Microsoft's Internet Explorer, or Apple's Safari browser, you should definitely try an open source alternative.
== Open Source Browsers ==
Browsers such as Google's '''Chromium''' (the upstream for Chrome) or Mozilla Foundation's '''FireFox''' are open source. They offer much better features, privacy and control compared with the proprietary browsers. Still, there are plenty of reasons why these browsers don't go far enough to protect your privacy ''by default''. One open source option which does offer a good degree of privacy out of the box is also the ''oldest'' browser still in use today: the '''[http://lynx.invisible-island.net/ lynx]''' browser is a text-based browser. But, because it's text-based, you probably won't use it unless you're normally in front of a console.
== Privacy Enhanced ==
[[File:iridium-logo.png|320px|link=https://iridiumbrowser.de/]]
The Iridium browser is a fork of the Chromium project with many key differences that provide privacy ''by default'', and actually disables privacy-leaching aspects which are not exposed to the user in "settings". https://iridiumbrowser.de/
{{References}}
== Timeline of Web Browsers ==
Here is a [[wp:List of web browsers]] and a corresponding timeline
[[File:Timeline of web browsers.svg|500px|click to enlarge|thumb]]
[[Category:Privacy]]
[[Category:UI]]
