Microsoft Edge continues its work… ‘“Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs and wants yours too”, writes the editor of The Verge in an article where he reveals a case of embezzlement of data used in Chrome. Without your permission.

Microsoft has a long history of questionable behavior surrounding its Edge browser. Take advantage of Windows’ monopoly on computer desktops and try to encourage its adoption not always respecting the user’s choice or to complicate it through well-known “dark patterns” or other techniques that, by their actions or omissions, make it difficult to use alternatives. And with the right to privacy violated, which is also no small thing.

It all starts with an obsession to get a few more points of market share and get user data. Feel free to say that Microsoft Edge is the best browser in the history of the company, and given the Chromium modification, it is completely recommended. But only if you want to use it freely. That is why the European Water Framework Directive is so important that it must stop some of these excesses. If you don’t use it, you can simply uninstall it, as it was always intended to happen.

Another crack in Microsoft Edge’s whip

But boy, here we are again with a case that was already reported by other users, but made more impactful thanks to the story of an editor as famous as Tom Warren. It turns out that after updating Windows, you found that Microsoft Edge automatically opens with the Chrome tabs you were working on before the update. Warren does not use Edge and has Google Chrome set as his default. Simply, Edge took over without authorization where it left off in Chrome.

The publisher never imported their data into Microsoft Edge or authorized data transfer, so they made sure they didn’t accidentally enable this behavior in a feature that exists, but it was forbidden. Other users have come across a warning message that explains this “Microsoft Edge will periodically incorporate data from other browsers available on your Windows device. This data includes your favorites, browsing history, cookies, autofill data, extensions, settings, and other browsing data.”.

All this, of course, without activated synchronization without user permission. Affected Users reported this problem for months and went to reddit already Microsoft’s own support forums looking for help Microsoft’s responses confirm that even if this feature is disabled data import continues. And it’s not a bug, but a questionable behavior that doesn’t respect the user’s choice or their right to privacy.