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Anyone who wants to move to Firefox, do yourself a favour and use a fork like Waterfox or LibreWolf instead so you don't have all the telemetry and other crap that Mozilla crams into Firefox.

Compatibility still sucks though, particularly because web devs are useless at supporting anything that isn't Chrome (or, at least, Chromium-based), as if testing with multiple browsers isn't a thing you're meant to do (apparently I'm the only one who does it any more).
If you want a Chromium-based browser, use something like Brave or the regular (de-Googled) Chromium. Anyone who posts on this site and is still using Chrome ought to know better. Just don't use spyware like Opera (and Opera GX). People really fell hard for that advertising. You get what you deserve at that point though.
 

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Anyone who wants to move to Firefox, do yourself a favour and use a fork like Waterfox or LibreWolf instead so you don't have all the telemetry and other crap that Mozilla crams into Firefox.

Compatibility still sucks though, particularly because web devs are useless at supporting anything that isn't Chrome (or, at least, Chromium-based), as if testing with multiple browsers isn't a thing you're meant to do (apparently I'm the only one who does it any more).
If you want a Chromium-based browser, use something like Brave or the regular (de-Googled) Chromium. Anyone who posts on this site and is still using Chrome ought to know better. Just don't use spyware like Opera (and Opera GX). People really fell hard for that advertising. You get what you deserve at that point though.
I funnily enough just uninstalled Opera GX an hour ago because I never used it.
 

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Great news for all of us and people! I search on Facebook (Neowin page) and find it out! Very lucky!!!


https://www.facebook.com/neowin


By Taras Buria - The Browser Company, the maker of the Arc Browser, announced that their creation is finally available on Windows 10. Those staying away from Windows 11 can now try out this unconventional browser. #Arc #Windows10 #Microsoft




Arc Browser is now available on Windows 10, ARM version is coming soon
https://www.neowin.net/news/arc-browser-is-now-available-on-windows-10-arm-version-is-coming-soon/


There is new internet program name "Arc" is Chrome based. This Arc don't collect our and people info, data, etc similar to Brave, Firefox, WaterFox and LibreWolf. Arc come with Ublock Origin add on built in together! What a great news for us and people!



Arc (Support Windows 10, Windows 11 and later (Windows 12). Mac OS

https://arc.net/


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Arc Security
https://arc.net/security



List of Disabled Chromium Features

Google Accounts Integration (GAIA) disabled
Chromium won’t send requests for accounts on startup to accounts.google.com
No syncing of Chromium profiles, cookies, passwords, bookmarks to Google via your Google account
Google metrics (UMA) reporting is disabled
No session fingerprinting
No logging of your browsing activities (creating bookmarks, searching, autofills, links you click, etc.)
No telemetry or crash report data is sent to Google
Uploading settings after resetting profile is disabled
Reporting Observers and Reporting API are disabled
Network logging to file is disabled


Infrastructure

Arc uses GCP Firebase for user authentication, storage for Notes & Easels, and Cloud Functions for certain application features like referral code generation. All data stored in Firebase is encrypted-at-rest by default.

Direct access to any production data is limited to a few select teams based on their roles. Access is logged and reviewed at regular intervals. We store as little PII as possible and routinely audit our data to ensure we’re not storing anything sensitive. Please see the privacy policy for a list of what user data is stored.


Logging & Analytics

Over the course of using the Browser, we collect certain telemetry data related to internal actions that the Browser is taking and actions that cause the Browser to crash. We collect this information to improve the Browser and understand categories of issues that members are experiencing.

Our philosophy for analytics is that they should be helpful in improving the product while simultaneously protecting member privacy. To ensure this, we do NOT log the following:

Data Categories We Don’t LogExamples
Personally-identifiable information (PII)Email address, name
Information about what members are viewingURLs, bookmarks, page content, history
User-generated contentNote text, Easels, space names, search terms


Logs are stored for 30 days in our third-party provider Datadog and is encrypted in transit. Access to logs is locked down to only BCNY employees whose roles require access. We have automated monitoring and alerting for any unauthorized access attempts to any logs. We routinely run internal audits of access to logs to ensure that BCNY employees only have access to information they need to complete their jobs.


Third-party tools used

Sentry for collecting analytics data from crashes and other bugs in the application.
LaunchDarkly is used for rolling out and managing all feature flags in Arc.
Segment is used for collecting anonymized telemetry data to assist our development teams in making application improvements. No PII is ever shared with the Browser Company of New York. Please see the list of what we do NOT log above.
BigQuery is used for collecting anonymized product usage data to understand feature usage and improve our product. This data NEVER includes the websites you visit, files you download, or content you create in the product.


FAQ

Why does Arc require an account to use?

Here’s a link to our forum that explains the rationale behind requiring an account to use Arc: Why do I need an account?

Do you have a SOC2 or ISO 27001 certification?
We are not SOC2 or ISO 27001 certified currently but will look at achieving SOC2 compliance in the near future.

How will you monetize without selling user data?
That’s a great question! While we don’t have specifics to share at this time, we don’t plan to ever sell user data. For more information, please see this video from our CEO for more details.

Does Arc come with a built in ad-blocker?
Arc comes with uBlock Origin already installed but the user has full control of their browser and can uninstall it if that’s preferred. We currently don’t have a custom built ad-blocking but are looking at building further member protections into Arc in the future. Since we’re using Chromium under the hood, any ad-blockers or privacy tooling that is available in the Chrome app store works with Arc.

Can I configure multi-factor authentication (MFA) for my Arc account?
We currently do not have the option of configuring MFA for your account but that is a feature we plan to implement.

Do you have a bug bounty or provide compensation for security reports?
We do not currently have a bug bounty program or provide compensation for reports. Please email [email protected] with documentation (e.g. screen recording or reproduction steps) and a member of our Security team will review it.






Time to drop Chrome (own by Google) and Edge (own by Microsoft) out right now! :yay:
 
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