A new warning for 2 billion Chrome users, Google has announced that its browser will start collecting “sensitive data” on smartphones. “Starting today, we’re rolling out Gemini in Chrome,” Google said, which will be the “biggest upgrade to Chrome in its history.” The data that can be collected includes the device ID, username, location, search history, and browsing history.
Agentic AI and browsers
Surfshark investigated the user privacy of AI browsers after Google’s announcement and found that if you use Chrome with Gemini on your smartphone, Google can collect 24 types of data. According to Surfshark, this is bigger than any other agentic AI browsers that have been analyzed.
For instance, Microsoft’s Edge browser, which has Copilot, only collects half the data compared to Chrome and Gemini. Even Brave, Opera, and Perplexity collect less data. With the Gemini-in-Chrome extension, however, users should be more careful.
Now that AI is everywhere, a lot of browsers like Firefox, Chrome, and Edge allow users to integrate agentic AI extensions. Although these tools are handy, relying on them can expose your privacy and personal data to third-p
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