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kixik ( kixik@lemmy.ml ) 
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to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago

Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing

www.theverge.com

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Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing

www.theverge.com

kixik ( kixik@lemmy.ml ) 
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to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 4 years ago
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Microsoft says it’s investigating reports of an Edge privacy issue.

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  • butter ( butter@lemmy.jamestrey.com ) 
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    …gasp…shock

  • Preston Maness ☭ ( aspensmonster@lemmygrad.ml ) 
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    “Leaking.” Yeah. Sure.

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      Call the plumber! Edge and Windows have some leaky pipes…

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    Thats why i still hate microsoft browsers im just gonna stick with good old firefox

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    @kixik What is why I’m using already 3 years search.trom.tf

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      I’ve also been using searx for quite some time, :)

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        Doesn’t seem to matter what search engine you use. Instead, this issue seems to impact people using the latest version of Edge.

        Microsoft’s Edge browser appears to be sending URLs you visit to its Bing API website. Reddit users first spotted the privacy issues with Edge last week, noticing that the latest version of Microsoft Edge sends a request to bingapis.com with the full URL of nearly every page you navigate to. Microsoft tells The Verge it’s investigating the reports.

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    tbh Bing can have them, tf are they going to do? be even more irrelevant?

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