[naranha]

> Sure, Chrome is worse

I'd like some clarification on that. Does Chrome send automated telemetry reports about my browsing to Google when you are not logged in with your Google account? Does Chrome give remote code excecution privileges to Google (Yeah, via the Updater, but that does not really count)? I searched but I found nothing on the net about telemetry.

I never use Firefox because it has these horrible defaults, and keeping up on all the about:config switches I need to toggle to be able to use it is just too much.

[mintplant]

> Does Chrome send automated telemetry reports about my browsing to Google when you are not logged in with your Google account?

Yes. And if you sign into Chrome (which now automatically happens if you sign into any Google website, IIRC), it uploads your full browsing history.

> Does Chrome give remote code excecution privileges to Google (Yeah, via the Updater, but that does not really count)?

Yes.

I don't see how you could have done honest research into this and arrived at the conclusions you have.

[naranha]

You can compare https://www.google.com/chrome/privacy/whitepaper.html. and https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox/

maybe it's just me, but Google privacy note seems a lot more reasonable. And if it is correct, they ask if they may collect usage statistics during the installation, while Firefox does not.

[roca]

Why does "Updater" "not really count" as "remote code execution privileges"?

Either the vendor can remotely change your software and its configuration without user intervention, or it cannot. For any software that supports unattended updates, it can. End of story.