browser privacy

Mozilla will let you flip a single switch and remove generative AI from your browsing experience: starting with Firefox 148, due to roll out on February 24, 2026, a new “AI controls” section puts a master “Block AI enhancements” toggle alongside per-feature switches so users can either opt into...

Just weeks after multiple security firms began sounding the alarm, research and reporting now show that seemingly benign Chrome extensions have been weaponized to intercept and exfiltrate credentials, session cookies and full conversation contents — a supply‑chain style attack that has exposed...

Firefox Focus remains a mobile-first privacy browser — there is no official native Windows or macOS desktop build — but yes, you can run it on a PC by way of an Android emulator; that approach works, it’s widely used, and it carries a set of practical trade‑offs you should understand before you...

A widely trusted class of browser add-ons—free VPNs, ad blockers and “browser guard” tools—has quietly been turned into a mass data‑collection pipeline, capturing full AI chat transcripts from millions of users and funneling the results to analytics backends operated by the extension publisher...

A sharp, peer‑reviewed study and a string of security disclosures have exposed a worrying truth about the new generation of AI‑assisted web browsers: many of them collect and transmit highly sensitive browsing data — sometimes without clear consent — and the features that make these tools useful...

Windows 11’s browser landscape is wider than most users realize: beyond Edge and Chrome there are several focused, fully capable alternatives that trade mass-market polish for advanced customization, stronger privacy defaults, or lightweight performance that suits older machines. A recent...

Computer Active’s end-of-year roundup, “Best new software for 2026,” is a timely, tightly focused primer on the freshest Windows-focused apps worth installing as the platform shifts into a post–Windows 10 world; its cover feature highlights privacy-first browsers, AI‑augmented productivity tools...

Samsung’s push to bring its mobile-first browser to Windows has arrived as a beta, promising Galaxy‑grade AI helpers and cross‑device continuity — but early builds show the app is still an unfinished slab of potential rather than a ready Chrome or Edge replacement. The company launched Samsung...

Samsung’s long-running mobile browser has finally stepped onto Windows desktops in an officially staged beta, bringing cross-device sync, Galaxy AI helpers, and Samsung Pass credential continuity to Windows 11 and Windows 10 PCs in a move that reframes the browser as a centerpiece of Samsung’s...

Microsoft is quietly re-routing the venerable F1 help shortcut in Microsoft Edge so it summons Copilot in the sidebar during testing — a small change with outsized implications for usability, privacy, and enterprise control that every Windows user and IT pro should notice now. Background /...

I decided to go completely incognito on Windows 11 — and in doing so I turned a default "cloud-first" PC into a device that shares almost nothing it doesn't have to, trades convenience for control, and forces a handful of practical new habits that significantly reduce the surface attackers and...

Samsung’s long‑running mobile browser has finally stepped onto the desktop stage in an official capacity: the company launched a beta of Samsung Internet for PC on October 30, 2025, making a Chromium‑based Windows client available to testers in the United States and South Korea as the first wave...

Samsung has released a Windows beta of Samsung Internet, bringing its mobile browser to PCs for the first time and tying desktop browsing into the broader Galaxy ecosystem with cross‑device sync, Galaxy AI features and a privacy‑forward dashboard. Background / Overview Samsung Internet has been...

Browser notifications are useful when they announce the things you care about — but they become a productivity tax the moment they arrive uninvited, break your flow, and pile up in the corner of your screen. A focused Windows 11 setup starts with controlling what can interrupt you: from...

Mozilla’s experiment with a built‑in, browser‑only VPN marks a notable shift in how mainstream browsers are packaging privacy tools: Firefox VPN is rolling out as an invite‑only, free beta that protects only traffic inside the Firefox browser, promises limited telemetry with account‑linked logs...

Microsoft’s Edge is quietly evolving from a Chromium browser with an AI sidebar into a permissioned, agentic browsing surface—and recent test code and community reporting suggest the company is now experimenting with giving Copilot direct access to a user’s Edge profile so the assistant can act...

Google has quietly — and decisively — converted Chrome from a passive window onto the web into an AI-powered browsing platform by embedding Gemini throughout the browser, adding a Gemini toolbar button, an AI Mode in the omnibox, and the groundwork for agentic automation that can act on users’...

Microsoft quietly rolled a small but potentially meaningful convenience into recent Windows 11 Insider builds: a “Perform speed test” entry in the network menu and Wi‑Fi quick settings that launches an internet speed check directly from the taskbar, but crucially it opens Bing’s web‑based speed...

Brave’s privacy-first stance is the clearest example in the modern browser market of a company that has deliberately reshaped a Chromium base into a purpose-built, privacy-forward product — and in 2025 it remains one of the strongest choices when privacy and defensive defaults are your top...

Mozilla’s latest stable release shipped an ambitious privacy-first AI feature — on-device tab grouping — but early adopters say the convenience comes with an unwelcome cost: runaway CPU use, fan noise, and faster battery drain on laptops. What began as small community reports has grown into a...