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Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish • 2 years ago

Guess we will need to stay away from Edge

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Guess we will need to stay away from Edge

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Privacy Guides@lemmy.oneEnglish • 2 years ago

Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft, here is how to disable that

Microsoft Edge has many convenient features to improve your browsing experience. However, some of those features raise privacy concerns. One, for example, sends images you view directly to Microsoft.

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I’ve only ever used edge to download another browser or when on a clients server. Edge works ok, but I would never use it as my daily browser.

I’ve lost count of how many times i’ve clicked ‘continue without my data’, just open the damn browser please.

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