In addition to the title question, I do some activities on VPN and some off VPN, since Chrome records history my concern is if everytime I connect to the internet without VPN, will Google download my history saved in Chrome?
If this happens, is there another browser that is better for VPNs? Thanks.
According to a reddit post by a Chrome dev, Chrome is 95% Chromium with proprietary stuff on top for flash, silverlight etc. I wouldn’t take their word for it 100%, but you should be quite ok. If you’re unsure, go with Firefox or Chromium. Personally I’d still use Firefox behind NoScript and check whatever IPLeak sites there are.
A VPN creates a secure tunnel between point A and point B.
It does not eliminate traffic, simply secure it.
SO if Chrome tells google “here’s whatever the user was looking at,” then that information simple gets sent securely from point A to point B, then onto google’s server.
You want a browser that does not track any of your habits. I’d suggest TAILS at that point. Look into using FireFox and Chromium.
Not if you use Chrome Ultron
As I understand it, if you use google’s dns (or your ISPs DNS) servers, then the sites you visit are being tracked. You’d have to use your VPN service’s DNS servers to eliminate that.
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If you log your Chrome into your Google account at the browser level, then yes. History is synced to Google.
If not, then I think no (but the only way to be sure is to take apart Chrome and see what it actually does).
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Firefox is also only browser which allows user to block WebRTC without any plugins.
That and Adobe Reader.
Hmmm I was under the impression that Tor was for very high stakes privacy concerns, and certain things like torrenting could reveal your identity.
Has to be updated though
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That’s only if you’re using tor as a proxy or VPN somehow ex. An onion router and send your torrent traffic through it.