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Apple\u2019s warning is clear \u2014 stop using Google Chrome<\/a>. The world\u2019s most popular browser is as dominant on mobiles as it is PCs. And right now it\u2019s surging, stealing market share from Apple. But Apple is fighting back.<\/p>\n \u201cSwitch to a browser that protects your privacy,” Apple says<\/a>. \u201cSafari includes state-of-the-art features that defend you against cross-site tracking, hides your IP address from known trackers, and more. Unlike Chrome, Safari truly helps protect your privacy.\u201d<\/p>\n ForbesMicrosoft Stops Windows Updates\u2014Turn Your PC Into A ChromebookBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n Microsoft is doing the same, warning Windows users to stop using Chrome<\/a>, interrupting installs with ads for Edge, pushing its \u201cbrowsing securely” alternative as \u201cthe same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft.\u201d But when it comes to market share, Edge is an also ran. Not so Safari, the default on most \u2014 but not all \u2014 iPhones. <\/p>\n And Apple goes further. There\u2019s a checklist. Safari versus Chrome. This covers tracking cookies, URL trackers, IP masking, malicious extension protection and blocking known trackers. Safari scores all ticks, Chrome scores none. Again, it\u2019s the same playbook as Microsoft\u2019s, which has its own Edge versus Chrome checklist.<\/p>\n Why you should stop using Google Chrome.<\/p>\n Apple<\/p>\n What isn\u2019t covered in Apple\u2019s checklist is digital fingerprinting. The secretive device tracking Google brought back from the dead<\/a> this year, having banned it on privacy grounds. There\u2019s no way to switch off this silent tracking, which collates multiple device characteristics into a unique fingerprint to track you across the web. <\/p>\n But Apple has found a way to stop it working \u2014 at least to an extent. Safari\u2019s new \u201cAdvanced Tracking and Fingerprinting Protection<\/a>\u201d has been on by default for private browsing for a while. With iOS 26 it\u2019s now on by default for all browsing. <\/p>\n This throws junk data at fingerprint trackers when they\u2019re detected, making it difficult to identify your own device, to separate the wheat from the chaff. This works in Safari, but if you use Chrome on your iPhone, you\u2019re not protected in the same way.<\/p>\n Last year, Apple parodied Google\u2019s now failed FLoC (federated learning of cohorts \u2014 its first Privacy Sandbox initiative) with \u201cFlock<\/a>,\u201d a play on Hitchcock\u2019s \u201cThe Birds.” The video portrayed Safari keeping users safe from other browsers that track their phones.<\/p>\n ForbesEvery Phone On This List Will Get Samsung\u2019s Emergency UpdateBy Zak Doffman<\/a><\/p>\n