What sets SRWare Iron apart from other browsers is its unwavering commitment to safeguarding user privacy. Developed by the German software company SRWare, Iron is built on the open-source Chromium platform, ensuring a familiar and user-friendly interface for users worldwide. Google Updater – Does not exist in IronĬhrome installs a updater, which loads at every Windows in background.SRWare Iron is a cutting-edge web browser designed to provide users with a secure and private online browsing experience. This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, for example, when and where Chrome has been downloaded. Error Reporting – Does not exist in Ironĭepending on the configuration, sents details about crashes or failures to Google’s servers. Alternate Error Pages – Does not exist in Ironĭepending 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. Suggest – Does not exist in Ironĭepending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line, this information is sent to Google to provide suggestions. If Chrome is received as part of a promotional campaign, it may generate a unique promotion number which is sent to Google on the first run and first use of Google Chrome. It gets deleted when Chrome checks first time for updates. Comparism of SRWare Iron and Google Chrome at privacy: Installation-ID – Does not exist in IronĪ copy of Google Chrome includes a generated installation number which will be sent to Google after the installation and the first usage.

But it also gets critic from data protection specialists, for reasons such as creating a unique user ID or the submission of entries to Google to generate suggestions.

Google Chrome thrilled with an extremely fast site rendering, a sleek design and innovative features. While Iron does not provide extra privacy compared to Chromium, it does disable some configurable Chromium features that could share information with third parties.

SRWare Iron primarily aims to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy compromising functionality that the Google Chrome web browser includes. This browser offers the same features as Chrome, but without the critical points that the privacy concern. SRWare Iron is a free and open-source web browser of the future, based on the free Source code “Chromium”.

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