- A new Surfshark study found that over 50% of the top 15 mobile browsers collect user location data.
- Microsoft Edge, Aloha, Yandex, and Phoenix collect precise location data, with Edge and Aloha openly sharing it with third parties.
- Privacy-focused browsers like Tor, Brave, and DuckDuckGo do not collect app-level location data, proving that continuous tracking isn't technically necessary.
Google Chrome recently introduced approximate location sharing to give users more control over their whereabouts. While that’s a step in the right direction, a new study indicates that the mobile browser industry still has a massive location-tracking problem.
