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Echolot@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

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

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

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Echolot@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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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 hear browsing with Firefox also disables that

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    I didn’t think it was possible for someone to beat Google in making the most privacy invasive browser, but we are.

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    here is how to disable that

    Switch to Firefox

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