Chrome in its version 69 integrates a change in the access policy that may cause you to think about changing browsers

One of the novelties that will arrive together with Chrome in its version 69 may not like the users. A decrease in the privacy of our data when the privacy policy was modified. This will affect us especially when we use a computer other than the one we normally use at home, where our data is more or less safe.

Until now, when entering Chrome and using a Google service such as YouTube or Gmail. where login is or may be required, Chrome was not loading any data beyond what was strictly necessary for that application.This is something that changes in Chrome 69 with its forced access policy.

The reason for concern is that with Chrome 69, when you sign in to any Google service, the browser also performs a global sign-inThis did not happen before, since if we wanted to log in we had to do it independently.

We could consult Gmail without the system having access to more data from our account. This way Chrome users could be refused to log into Chrome altogether and this way certain data would not have to be synced. Not included for now, and we'll knock on wood, browser history or password sharing, which still requires user approval.

It is true that later, when we log out of a Google service, it also disconnects from the browser, but the data has already been uploaded to Google servers. They are no longer just on our team at home.

In fact it is a movement of such depth, so important, that quite a few users are considering leaving Chrome and make the leap to other proposals. This is the case of this user, who details his opinion on the changes that have arisen in his blog

This is a striking change, because from Google they do not give compelling reasons to justify this change and also, it puts in check privacy policies. From this point, alternatives such as Firefox, Epic Browser or Tor Browser, to give just three examples, take on more prominence.

Source | Silicon Angle