Home

Google Chrome Browser

making the web faster, safer, and easier

Main menu

  • Home
  • Chromebook
  • Chrome OS
  • Android
  • Books
  • Releases
    • Stable
    • Beta channel
    • Dev channel
  • Downloads
  • Videos
    • Top Rated
    • Most Viewed
    • Most Commented
  • Articles
    • Top Rated
    • Most Viewed
    • Most Commented
  • About Us
Home

Add to Technorati Favorites

Subscribe to Google Chrome Browser by e-mail

Delivered by FeedBurner

Syndicate

Syndicate content

User login

Login/Register
What is OpenID?
  • Log in using OpenID
  • Cancel OpenID login
  • Create new account
  • Request new password

Tag Cloud

Beta updates browser browsers browsing chrome chromebook chrome extensions Chrome OS chromium Dev updates Downloads extensions feed Firefox Google google chrome googlechrome Linux mac News opera release security Stable updates TC video web web browser web browsers windows
more tags

Twitter Updates

Follow us on Twitter @ChromeBrowser


    ComodoDragon

    Three privacy-minded Google Chrome alternatives

    Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 16:00
    • browsers chrome plus
    • comodo dragon
    • ComodoDragon
    • Google
    • google chrome
    • security

     

    So you like the speed of Google Chrome, but you want a browser that doesn't communicate quite so much data to the borg collective? Because Chrome is built on the open source Chromium project, there are plenty of options for you.

    Third-party developers have taken steps, like removing the unique tracking ID Google slaps on each Chrome install, search suggestions, and other bits which communicate various things about you back to Google HQ. Granted these builds don't do anything about the numerous other ways Google tracks you, but they're a decent starting point.
    SRWare Iron (pictured)
    Iron is the veteran of the bunch, having been developed in Germany shortly after Chrome burst onto the scene. You can read a complete list of what differences exist between Chrome and Iron on SRWares website. Apart from what I mentioned in the intro, Iron also strips search suggestions, the Google updater, error reporting, and a few other features (none of which should adversely affect your browsing experience).

    A new version of Iron was just posted on the SRWare forums which is built on the newly-released Chrome 4.0.280 stable code. As such, extensions and bookmark sync are fully supported.

    ChromePlus
    When ChromePlus first arrived, it was a handy way to get features like mouse gestures and IE Tab -- making it an attractive option for some users. Even with the extension gallery open and those extensions readily available to all Chrome users, ChromePlus' default enhancements (now including 'superdrag' and support for external download tools) still make it a nice alternative. Adblocking is also included in ChromePlus.


    Comodo Dragon

    It was really just a matter of time before Comodo finally broke down and released a program called Dragon, and here it is. It's a privacy-focused rebuild of Chrome, though it's currently using the older 3.0 codebase -- which means no support for extensions out-of-the-box. It is, however, available in a portable version and it has a few tweaks like improved certificate validation checking. As with Iron, the unique ID, error reporting, Google updater, and more have been removed for privacy reasons.

    • Add new comment
    • Read more
    • 975 reads
    • Feed: Download Squad
    • Original article

    Google Chrome Browser is a community site for users and developers of the Google Chrome browser.
    Google™ is a Trademark of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
    Google Chrome Browser site is not affiliated with or sponsored by Google Inc.
    Google Chrome Browser site is built on the Drupal open source content management system.