Overview
- Apple says Chrome and the Google app expose users to device fingerprinting and other tracking that Safari blocks.
- Safari presents a simplified system configuration to make devices look alike to trackers and adds AI-powered tracking prevention, stronger private browsing, and safeguards against location inference.
- Coverage notes fingerprinting’s resurgence after Google reversed an earlier ban on the technique, which does not offer user opt-outs.
- Apple highlights that Safari works with Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides and cautions users not to tap the blue “Try app” prompt that redirects to the Google app, which it says collects more personally linked data.
- Despite the warning, Chrome retains a user base reported in the billions, and separate reports flag new security concerns tied to Chrome’s Gemini AI features as Google details its defenses.