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iPhone Security Alert: Apple Recommends Switching From Chrome to Safari Browser In a major privacy move, Apple has officially warned iPhone and Mac users to stop using the wildly popular Google Chrome browser — as well as major Google apps — on their iOS/macOS devices. Instead, the company recommends using its native browser, Safari, for online browsing. The reason? According to Apple, Chrome and Google's apps expose users to privacy and tracking risks, which Safari is specifically designed to protect against. What Exactly Did Apple Say — and Why Privacy Concerns and Fingerprinting: Apple's main claim is that Chrome (and Google's app) doesn't adequately protect against "fingerprinting"—a technique used by advertisers and tracking networks. Fingerprinting collects small pieces of information about your device (such as model, browser version, font, hardware, OS version, etc.) and combines them to create a unique device "identity," which sites use to ...