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June 1, 2021 ⌥

Alibaba’s Huge Browser Business Is Recording Millions of Users’ ‘Private’ Web Histories ⇥ forbes.com

The fourth most popular web browser for smartphones is transmitting user IDs, IP addresses, website addresses, and URL queries to Alibaba — even when the user is browsing in “Incognito” mode. Proof from the researchers who found this.

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