Browser "ungoogled-chromium" which removed all privacy invoices from Google Chrome



Privacy on the Internet has gotten the attention Nowadays people who are devised not to leave access history etc. by making use of "secret window", "private window", "private browse mode" etc. of browser There are things that can infringe the privacy of the user, such as things that the user communicates with the server in the background without knowing, among other various codes used in the web browser in the first place To do. So, the only thing that we reconstructed from Google Chrome on the web browser, deleting all the features that are likely to violate privacy is "Ungoogled-chromium"is.

GitHub - Eloston / ungoogled - chromium: Modifications to Google Chromium for cutting Google integration and enhancing privacy, control, and transparency
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

Many features communicate with Google servers in the background, even if you do not use a Google Account or use Google's API key. Plus, Chromium, which is the base of Google Chrome, uses Google's proprietary high-level code using a number of scripts and utilities.

However, the code provided by Google is open source. So, "ungoogled-chromium" is the one that examines this code, communicates with Google without knowing it, and removes services and functions that are disadvantageous in terms of privacy from Google Chrome. The change is small, and it is not changed to impair GoogleChrome original user experience.

To download "ungoogled-chromium", jump to the following URL and click "Downloads for the latest release".

GitHub - Eloston / ungoogled - chromium: Modifications to Google Chromium for cutting Google integration and enhancing privacy, control, and transparency
https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium#download-pre-built-packages


"Ungoogled-chromium" is released for three platforms, macOS, Windows, Ubuntu, but this time we will download the Windows version. At the time of article creation, the latest version of "ungoogled-chromium" is version "53.0.2785.116-1.2", but because the Windows version has not yet been delivered, "53.0.2785.116-1" to download the previous version Click.


Click "ungoogled-chromium_53.0.2785.116-1_win32.zip" at the bottom of the page.


Click "OK" to download the ZIP file.


When you unzip the downloaded ZIP file ... ....


Since "chrome.exe" is in the file, it starts up.


Then "ungoogled-chromium" opens.


When you actually use it, the comfort is completely Google Chrome, but by default the search engineDuckDuckGoIt is becoming.


Try opening GIGAZINE and it looks like this.


You can also transfer bookmarks from other browsers by clicking "Import bookmarks now ..." displayed at the top of the screen.


However, there was no "Google Chrome" name in the destination.

in Review,   Software, Posted by logu_ii