Privacy:
Comparism of Iron and Chrome at privacy:
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Problem
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Chrome
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Iron
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Client-ID
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Chrome creates a unique ID through which a user can be theoretically identified.
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does not exist in Iron
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Timestamp
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Chrome remembers up to the second exactly when the software was installed.
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does not exist in Iron
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Suggest
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Depending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line,this information is
sent to Google to provide suggestions.
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does not exist in Iron
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Alternate Error Pages
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Depending on the configuration, if you have typed a false address in the adress bar, this is sent to Google and you get an error message from Google's servers.
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does not exist in Iron
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Error Reporting
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Depending on the configuration, details about crashes or failures are sent Google's servers.
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does not exist in Iron
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RLZ-Tracking
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This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, for example, when and where Chrome has been downloaded.
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does not exist in Iron
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Google Updater
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Chrome installs a updater, which loads at every Windows in background.
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does not exist in Iron
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URL-Tracker
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Calls depending on the configuration five seconds after launch the Google homepage
opens in background
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does not exist in Iron
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Other important differences:
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Problem
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Chrome
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Iron
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Adblocker
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Chrome doesn't have
an built-in adblocker
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Iron has an easy to
use and built-in adblocker which can be configured by a single
file
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User-Agent
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The User-Agent in Chrome is only be changeable with parameters
over a link or command, which isn't really ideal for permanent
usage.
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The User-Agent in Iron can be flexiblel and permanently
changed by UA.ini.
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