Privacy protection can be much better with many browsers. This is according to research by Digitain.
Neowin was able to review research by Digitain on user privacy protection among popular internet browsers. The researchers assessed the browsers on three points: protection against tracking and fingerprinting, blocking trackers and data collection, and security in connections and navigation.
ChatGPT Atlas: highest risk
The higher the score, the higher the risk according to Digitain:
- ChatGPT Atlas – 99
- Google Chrome -76
- Vivaldi – 75
- Microsoft Edge – 63
- Opera – 58
- Ungoogled – 55
- Mozilla Firefox – 50
- Apple Safari – 49
- DuckDuckGo – 44
- Tor – 40
ChatGPT Atlas comes out worst in all tests. This means that websites can continue to track users across different sessions. In all categories combined, the browser received a privacy risk score of 99 out of 100. According to Digitain, this is not entirely surprising for a browser that is heavily built around AI and is still young.
Chrome and Edge follow
Google Chrome also performed poorly, finishing just below ChatGPT Atlas with a score of 76. This makes the world’s most popular browser one of the least privacy-friendly options. Vivaldi and Microsoft Edge follow shortly after, showing that mainstream browsers still leave relatively much room for tracking and data collection.
Surprisingly, Chrome is the browser with the largest market share. So, a huge number of users are more at risk than a smaller group of users who use DuckDuckGo or Apple Safari daily.
“AI works by collecting and learning from data, which means they keep more personal information than you would think. It is AI that is used that browsers are automatically safer or guarantee better privacy protection,” according to Digitain.