Not sure how much it's changed recently, but know that it used to give you an ID based on your mac address that it would send with most requests.
Will never trust it unless I hear otherwise.
https://bgr.com/2020/03/11/microsoft-edge-browser-privacy-issues-performance/
I guess this is what you're referring too?
That's the gist of it yes, I don't support anti-privacy initiatives. I'm not sure what the data gets used for, but will not trust any company which collects data in this way.
All these reviews saying how Microsoft have removed Google tracking code is an amusing contradiction when it's obviously not needed with Microsoft hardware tracking.
I know, it's sad for sure. I'd be the first to rave about Microsoft products if they'd just give a little more privacy to us.
As a side note, if you're like me being suspicious of edge due to privacy, you can also use tools like EdgeDeflector to force Windows 10 to respect your chosen browser when using the windows 10 search tool.
I use Linux , so ive only used the Linux Version of Edge which is still in development status.
I done some searching and apparently that report about Edge using hardware tracking is misleading and the Uni test itself is suspect as the professor put Google Chrome as one of the best browser for privacy which we all know is not true. Some of the top tech news sites questions this and contacted Microsoft and they responded that it's misleading and explained why and also put up a support page explaining how to change data collection.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/web-...-about-browsers-is-wrong-about-microsoft-edge
https://www.zdnet.com/article/a-professor-says-edge-is-the-worst-for-privacy-microsoft-isnt-happy/
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-edge-browser-flunks-privacy-test
https://arstechnica.com/information...cy-settings-the-lowest-of-all-major-browsers/
It defaults to Bing search engine when you open a new tab.
I haven't fond a way to change that.
Also the vertical sidebar tabs is rubbish imo
Firefox for me.