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Apple
issued a warning to iPhone and Mac users not to use it any more
Chrome
as well as other Google applications.What is the reason?
The company encourages iPhone and Mac users to use its default browser, Safari, which it claims is safer for protecting data and privacy.
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“Safari works to prevent advertisers and websites from using the unique combination of your device’s characteristics to create ‘
fingerprints
‘ to track you,” Apple said in its official statement
Forbes
, Tuesday (9/12).
“To fight the practice
fingerprints
“Safari displays a simplified version of the system configuration so that more devices appear identical to trackers, making it harder for them to identify your device,” he continued.
Apple highlights its digital tracking practices, including
fingerprinting
, which is said to be increasingly difficult to control.Moreover, Google also lifted the ban on tracking methods that are difficult to detect and cannot be disabled.
Fingerprinting
takes small data from the device, from screen type, language, to OS configuration, then combines it into the unit’s identity.Different from
tracking
cookies that can be disabled,
fingerprinting
don’t have an option
opt-out
.
Despite banning the use of Chrome and other Google apps, Apple says Safari still works well with Google services like Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
In addition to privacy issues, Apple also highlighted new security risks arising from Chrome’s integration with the Gemini AI model.The reason is, AI-based browsers are said to be able to open up serious attacks.
Google acknowledges the threats, especially attacks
indirect prompt injection
which can trigger dangerous actions such as unauthorized financial transactions or data theft.
“The main new threat faced by all agent browsers is indirect prompt injection. This threat can appear on malicious sites, third-party content in iframes,” Google said.
“Or from user-generated content such as user reviews, and may cause agents to take undesirable actions such as initiating financial transactions or exfiltrating sensitive data,” he continued.
But Google says it has prepared multiple layers of defense, to make attacks difficult and expensive.
This situation makes Apple assess that the risks of using Chrome, especially on iPhone devices, will be greater as the depth of AI integration in the browser.
Surfshark security experts also emphasize that tracking and data harvesting becomes much more aggressive when AI is installed within the browser.
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